okra

Learn how to grow fresh and healthy ladyfinger (okra) at home during the monsoon season. This step-by-step guide covers everything from choosing seeds and preparing soil to harvesting tender pods, and is perfect for balconies, backyards, and beginner gardeners alike.

One of the best, tried and tested ways of gardening, this 10-step process is eco-friendly and a lot of fun.

Hari Prakash, an urban gardener from Karnataka's Udupi, has been growing enough organic okra at home to serve the daily needs of his four-member family for the last 11 years

Gunbir Singh from Punjab runs Dilbir Foundation, which works with farmers across the state to promote organic cultivation

He cultivates paddy, areca, and coconut on his farm in the coastal town of Kundapur via traditional farming methods. But, it’s how he chooses to grow okra, or ladies finger that is interesting.