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It was a cooler than usual spring, and now it's a cooler than usual late summer. Time to start thinking about next year -- check out this illustrated blog entry on saving heirloom tomato seeds!

Mr. Brown Thumb Saves Seeds

Recipes From Our Garden

After reassuring the PR kids that the vegetable is OKRA, and not called OPRAH, I was challenged to come up with a healthy recipe for preparing this strange-looking vegetable. The usual suspects being fried okra (I am a Texan, after all) and gumbo, I found a terrific recipe for roasting fresh okra.

Ingredients
18 fresh okra pods (whole or sliced longwise)
1 tbsp olive oil
2 tsp kosher salt (or to taste)
2 tsp black pepper (or to taste)

Directions
1. Preheat over to 425 F.
2. Arrange the okra in one layer on a foil-lined cookie sheet. Drizzle with olive oil, and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
3. Bake in the preheated over for 10 to 15 minutes, until the okra is nicely browned.

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Look what's going on the the garden!

• It was a cooler than usual spring, and now it's a cooler than usual late summer. Time to start thinking about next year -- check out this illustrated blog entry on saving heirloom tomato seeds! Mr. Brown Thumb Saves Seeds
• Thank you WholeFoods Northbrook for donating tons and tons of fresh fruit for our GCC End of Summer Garden Party kebobs. We had a lovely morning of churchgoers out by the garden, sampling the fruit and some of organic vegetables from the Rainbow Garden.

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