We removed one box of okra and we were amazed at how thick the okra plants had gotten. We replanted with broccoli seedlings. Broccoli is in the cabbage family and as such, it is a crop for the fall. Broccoli also can survive a frost when so much of the garden can't.
There is a method to my madness. If I plant broccoli in a few boxes and harvest that crop, I can plant the box in the spring with squash plants. Apparently, the squash borers and beetles do not like cabbage crops. It is one of those companion planting I learned about in an article in Organic Gardening.
I also took the time to spray for the squash beetles and hand picked and killed larvae and beetles off of my cucumber and squash plants. There has to be a better way to handle this problem next year and I intend to find it.
The harvest total is over 210 pounds and the beans, replanted tomatoes, peppers, lettuce, squash, cucumbers, and okra continue on. I don't know if I will see 300 pounds this year but I fully intend to experiment with a circulating water system for the boxes and tomato grafting. My only problem will be to find the grafting items that have to be used.
This year has been good and next year will be better. I HOPE.
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