Thought I'd chime in here as well, after asking for (and getting) some awesome help in another gardening thread. I had three tomato plants but I have no idea what variety they are - they were brought to me by my mother as a "garden warming" present. One of the plants grew massively, overtaking the tomato cage and bending it around. There's a huge amount of tomatoes on it that vary in size between the kind you get in the store down to cherry tomato size.
The other two are similar sizes but getting lots of tomatoes off of them. I may have to make some salsa or something out of them because we can't seem to use them all quickly enough.
One of my cucumber plants died early in the season but the other has thrived, we've gotten 5 excellent-sized cucumbers off of it that were very tasty.
Spaghetti squash plants overtook the garden; we probably won't be growing those again as the garden just isn't large enough to contain them. Lots of squash off of that, including (I thought) an impressive 8.5 pound one that we sent off with my Mom.
Lots of bell peppers as well though most not the size you get in the store but very tasty, a decent amount of jalapenos off of one plant (15 or so) and a huge amount of chilis off of two plants. I think I might try to dry them and use them as pepper flakes or something. They are REALLY hot ... like knock you on your butt hot. My father-in-law is a big spicy food guy - and they made him cry just from eating the tip of one.
Regardless, thanks everyone (and redforever especially) for the help and encouragement earlier in the season.
Any favorite websites for ordering seeds? One of the walls in the science lab I work in is entirely windows so I have a sort of makeshift greenhouse there so I might start some seeds during the late winter. Also thinking of buying one of those compact greenhouses to get the plants a decent start but I haven't done much research there.
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