Intro & my garden

[sarahsas]

Hi all, I thought I'd introduce myself since I just started posting. I'm Sarah, married with no kids (yet) in St. Louis. Gardening is my passion and every year, I do it up even bigger. I've been expanding my garden and yard and this year it has grown more than ever. The summer garden is going crazy and I'm already planning the fall garden. Here's what I have growing:

Veggies:
Beans (Green)
Beans (lima)
Beans (Polebeans, rattlesnake variety)
Beans (Dragon's tongue)
Carrots
Celery
Corn
Eggplant (white)
Eggplant (purple)
Eggplant (striped, Listada)
Onions
Peppers (red bell)
Peppers (green bell)
Peppers (Chinese 5 color, hot)
Peppers (ghost, hot)
Summer squash (3 varieties)
Sweet potatoes
Tomatoes
Zucchini

Fruits:
Blackberries
Blueberries
Canteloupe
Figs
Watermelon

Plus lots of herbs.

I look forward to learning more about you guys and your gardens!

[mouse]

I'm worried about my gardens. I don't think real gardeners take 3 week vacations in the summer. But the weather shows we've had plenty of rain back home, and friends and family have offered to water as needed. I fertilized before we left, and Sluggo-ed and our other pests are pretty well in control.

For veg:

Tomatoes (only 8 plants this year, most excited to try "German stripe")
Japanese eggplants (4)
Thai eggplant
White eggplant
Purple bell pepper
black Hungarian pepper
Lemon cucumber
Lettuce
Chard
Beets
Snap peas
Put bean and corn seeds in just before we left, cross your fingers

Herbs:
Chocolate mint (safe in a pot!)
Chives
Oregano
Sage
Basil
Rosemary

Fruit:
Strawberries (my friends get this year's crop)
blueberries (2nd year, don't know how many we'll get)

Eta: welcome! This is a pretty great group, lots of knowledge to share!

[sarahsas]

Where are you located? Half the stuff you mentioned would not be surviving here as they are cool weather crops... they were done a couple months ago!

I have a misting sprinkler that I use every day for 30 minutes in one place, then 30 in another. It gets all the garden except my herbs, which I water by hand. When I'm on vacation, my housesitter just turns on the sprinkler, moves it, and turns it on again and the plants survived really well. Funny, I got the sprinkler at Target for $2!

[mouse]

Sunny (ha!) Portland, Oregon. We're not quite as damp as Seattle, but we're pretty close. We're not even hitting 80 consistently yet.

Except right now I'm in San Jose.