Mother Earth Gardener

New heirloom offerings for your garden.

‘Bradford Family’ Okra

The Bradford family (profiled on Page 66) is best known for its heirloom watermelon, but this giant okra cultivar is another of the family’s wonderful secrets. Grown and passed down in Sumter, South Carolina, for nearly as long as the famous watermelon, this

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