I have an herb garden - partly in a big pot and partly (the perennials) in the ground. I also have tomatoes in pots but don't think they do as well as in the ground - at some point they always get dried out. Just finished digging around the back yard (CYV) and will attempt to transplant them this week.
The herbs do wonderfully - sage, thyme and rosemary in the ground, parsley, cilantro, dill and basil in a big pot with another pepper plant. I'm still missing chives. I have lettuce in window box type plastic planters, has done well. My sugar snap peas were up to 2 inches last Nov/Dec and then the rabbit got them.
I planted clearance peppers in November (when I got here this year) and religiously covered them during all the frosts, plus they back up to my neighbor's CYV wall. I have about 7 medium sized peppers on 5 plants and the plants are again starting to grow. They are still only about 10 inches high - not the ideal sun location for those either. Had I been here, would have planted them in September, and will next year.
Had to block all ingress to the back yard - a rabbit got in under the gate or at the corners.
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