I buy the largest size plastic pots from Home Depot, and use ProMix to fill it. I add some Osmocote and some of the Espoma fertilizers: Plant Tone, kelp meal etc. Peppers and cucumbers grow very well. Tomatoes do well but it can be challenging to keep up with watering once the plants get big. Even zucchini grows well till the squash vine borers get to it. Herbs can be grown in smaller containers. I grow thyme, basil. lemongrass, rosemary, chives, tarragon, marjoram, oregano, lavender and bay leaf.
Good sunlight is a must, at least 4-6 hours a day.

Strawberry jars are good or herbs and, well, strawberries. I use galvanized tubs for tomatoes, cucumbers, and greens- kale, spinach, lettuce, chard. I punch holes in the tubs for drainage and fill with a mix of potting soil and manure (composted, sold in bags, not terribly stinky).

I just bought several inexpensive plastic containers with drainage holes on the bottom but invested in a drip irrigation system and a timer. the containers I bought were large enough and deep enough to still be able to use tomato cages which I use for my green peppers and cucumbers as well as my tomatoes.

got 2 of these and worked great.

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Did herbs, lettuce, squash. Would have done tomatoes, but I am the only in my family who will eat them!

How did you do it and have you grown? Considering trying to grow some things on our deck since we live in a townhouse with zero grass.