Good morning gardeners and okra haters. Thank you
@littledog. For those of us who know how to cook just about anything and make it tasty. I'm surprised
@FortCluck, when do "vegans" eat gumbo? There's a lot of animal protein in there. And I'm sure
@Xalthir knows that okra and a well made roux are key to a decent gumbo. But onto the garden. I gave the garden a good watering yesterday. I finally found something for my flower garden border. Apparently there's a whole lot of gardening going on right now. On the way home from the store I stopped at a local nursery and picked up some pickling cucumber starts and an extra tomato plant. Something ate 2 of my cucumber plants. But everything else is doing well. The cabbage and lettuce is growing. The peas are climbing up the rope. And all but 3 of my potato plants need to be hilled already. I had forgotten about the dill seeds I scattered in one of my herb beds, but there are some dill plants coming up. The radishes I planted recently are coming up as well. I need to do more work on the baby coop today. I counted up my remaining 2 x 4's and I need to pick up a few more for the run. I should be done with that sometime next week. I'm glad you are able to communicate better with your mother
@karenerwin. But just a thought, nursing homes are really expensive. Have you compared the cost of her remaining in the apartment and having home health aides help her. Have a great day everyone.
I did 3 weeks of volunteer work with the Red Cross in New Orleans after Katrina & Rita in 2005 - we drove the ERV (emergency response vehicle) around & fed people. Chef Landry, who used to have a cooking show, cooked all the food we delivered. He invited us all to his house for Christmas dinner & made gumbo (among a ton of other things) & I hated it. I would imagine he makes a pretty good gumbo being from NO & all - I just don't like anything in it like shrimp, sausage, peppers, etc. 
I would starve if I grew up down south. 
