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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is time consuming because I have a big garden, and it’s a passion so I don’t mind spending the time.
A long time ago when I was starting out [b]a wise gardener advised me to focus on bang for the buck with fruits and vegetables. So I grow tomatoes, many kinds of pepper except bell peppers, many kinds of beans, okra, cucumbers and eggplant. [/b]I like the variety offered by seed catalogs and have figured out what works best for my yard. I also grow lots of herbs. I buy my dill and parsley because the swallotail caterpillars love the ones I plant.
For fruits I grow blueberries, currants and figs. I had raspberries and blackberries but they were too unruly for my small space so I gave them away. I don’t grow anything I need to spray. 
I’m not sure I save any money since I do spend a fair amount on fertilizers, mulch and paying for labor. But it’s a very enjoyable pastime and we love having exotic produce all season for ourselves and to share. [/quote]

Can you share which types you plant on those plants?[/quote]
Tomatoes: Sunsugar, Sweet Million, Indigo Drops, Sunrise Bumblebee, Mortgage Lifter, Green Zebra, Marianna’s Peace, San Marzano Redorta, Kellog’s Breakfast, Pink Berkeley Tie Dye, Jaune Flamme, Cherokee Purple, Black Krim 
Peppers: cayenne, Thai, jalapeños, serrano, Habanada, habanero, Trinidad Perfume, Aconcagua, Giant Marconi, shishito, pimiento de Padron, banana, Fatalli, Corbaci, Jimmy Nardello, Himo togarashi 
Beans: Marvel of Venice, Blauhilde, anellino, yardlong, tricolor pole bean mix
Okra: Heavy Hitter, Stewart’s Zeebest, Burmese, Fife Creek, Jing Orange, Okinawa Pink
Eggplant: Ichiban, Kurume, Pingtung long, Fengyuan purple, Little Fingers, Fairy Tale, Rosa Biance
Cucumbers: lemon, Armenian and regular pickling cukes
I get my seeds from Tomato Growers Supply, Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds, Southern Exposure Seed Exchange and Seeds from Italy.
I also buy peppers, eggplants and tomato plants from Cross Country Nurseries.[/quote]

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