Summer Garden veggies/fruit/grains that grow well here in our Summers:
• Okra/Lady’s Finger/Gumbo
• Yams (NOT “Wild” or “Bitter” or “Air Potato”)*
• Sweet Potatoes
• Hot Peppers (nightshade family)*
• Moringa/Horseradish Tree/Drumstick/The Miracle Plant
• Cassava/Manioc/Tapioca/Yuca*
• Ginger/Ginger Root
• Pigeon Pea/Gandule bean/tropical green pea/kadios/ Congo pea/ gungo pea/ gunga pea/no-eye pea
• Malabar Spinach/Ceylon Spinach/Basella/Indian Spinach/Vine Spinach/Country Spinach… and many other names.
• Yard Long Beans/Bora/Long-Podded Cowpea/Asparagus Bean/Chinese Long Bean
• Edible Amaranth
• Cherry Tomatoes (NOT pear) (nightshade family)*
• Edible Hibiscus
• New Zealand Spinach
• Cranberry Hibiscus/False Roselle/Maroon mallow/Red-Shield hibiscus (invasive)
• Sunset Hibiscus/aibika/sunset muskmallow/hibiscus manihot
• Sugar Cane
• Sesame Seeds
• Tanier/tannia/yautia/malanga*
• Prickly Pear Cactus/Opuntia/nopales/paddle cactus
• Peanut/groundnut
• Basil
• Purple Lablab/Hyacinth Bean
• Rosemary
• Oregano
• Purslane (edible weed highest in omega-3s)
• Roselle/Florida cranberry (Hibiscus Tea)
• Katuk/star gooseberry/sweet leaf/leaf vegetable/tropical asparagus
• Eggplant/Aubergine/melongene/brinjal/guinea squash (nightshade family)*
• Bunching Onion/Welsh onion/Japanese bunching onion
• Seminole Pumpkin/Tropical Pumpkin
• Tropical Lettuce/Indian Lettuce
• Chaya/Tree Spinach*
• Basket Vine/Haitian basket vine/hoop vine*
• Jicama/yam bean*
• Garlic Chives/Chinese chives
• Arugula
• Ethiopian Kale/African Cabbage/Abyssinian cabbage
• Winged Beans
• New Zealand Spinach
• Tropical Pumpkins
• CowPea/Adzuki Bean, Southern Pea
• Lagos Spinach/Quail Grass
• Okinawa Spinach
• Taro/Dasheen/eddo/cocoyam*
• Water Chestnut
• Bitter Cucumber/bitter gourd/bitter melon/Balsam pear/Sopropo
• Okra/Lady’s Finger/Gumbo
• Yams (NOT “Wild” or “Bitter” or “Air Potato”)*
• Sweet Potatoes
• Hot Peppers (nightshade family)*
• Moringa/Horseradish Tree/Drumstick/The Miracle Plant
• Cassava/Manioc/Tapioca/Yuca*
• Ginger/Ginger Root
• Pigeon Pea/Gandule bean/tropical green pea/kadios/ Congo pea/ gungo pea/ gunga pea/no-eye pea
• Malabar Spinach/Ceylon Spinach/Basella/Indian Spinach/Vine Spinach/Country Spinach… and many other names.
• Yard Long Beans/Bora/Long-Podded Cowpea/Asparagus Bean/Chinese Long Bean
• Edible Amaranth
• Cherry Tomatoes (NOT pear) (nightshade family)*
• Edible Hibiscus
• New Zealand Spinach
• Cranberry Hibiscus/False Roselle/Maroon mallow/Red-Shield hibiscus (invasive)
• Sunset Hibiscus/aibika/sunset muskmallow/hibiscus manihot
• Sugar Cane
• Sesame Seeds
• Tanier/tannia/yautia/malanga*
• Prickly Pear Cactus/Opuntia/nopales/paddle cactus
• Peanut/groundnut
• Basil
• Purple Lablab/Hyacinth Bean
• Rosemary
• Oregano
• Purslane (edible weed highest in omega-3s)
• Roselle/Florida cranberry (Hibiscus Tea)
• Katuk/star gooseberry/sweet leaf/leaf vegetable/tropical asparagus
• Eggplant/Aubergine/melongene/
• Bunching Onion/Welsh onion/Japanese bunching onion
• Seminole Pumpkin/Tropical Pumpkin
• Tropical Lettuce/Indian Lettuce
• Chaya/Tree Spinach*
• Basket Vine/Haitian basket vine/hoop vine*
• Jicama/yam bean*
• Garlic Chives/Chinese chives
• Arugula
• Ethiopian Kale/African Cabbage/Abyssinian cabbage
• Winged Beans
• New Zealand Spinach
• Tropical Pumpkins
• CowPea/Adzuki Bean, Southern Pea
• Lagos Spinach/Quail Grass
• Okinawa Spinach
• Taro/Dasheen/eddo/cocoyam*
• Water Chestnut
*parts of these plants are poisonous or should be prepared in a special manner