MomwithHope.
I have been container gardening for 35 years. Learned from a neighbor who grew up in central Florida where the native soil was bad. This year I have going:
Cantaloupe, green onions, jalapenos, serranos, anchos, big beef tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, blackberries, strawberries, carrots and radishes. All along a fence in 5 gallon buckets or low slung rectangular containers. All takes up a space of about 2 feet by 20 feet. I punch holes in the bottom of the buckets and fill with about 3 inches of rocks, then backfill with good soil and fertilizer. Finger monitor the moisture.
I have had great success over the years doing it this way.
Wow I am impressed. And in 5 gallon buckets too. You must like watering! I hope you will repost this on March’s thread and if you can a few pictures. Besides the garden I have 5 very big plastic pot containers. I always dump the soil out in the spring on a tarp, and put a flake or 2 of straw in the bottom of the pot for drainage pressed just like it comes off the bale. It will all be broken down by next spring. Then I add some compos, mix and refill the pot.
With the crappy clay soils we have here, I’ve been gradually shifting to more container gardening myself...