Space - or rather a lack of space - should not be a deterrant to a budding gardener. Even the most humble balcony can support a thriving vegetable and herb garden.
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The most important ingredient in having a container vegie garden is sunshine. If your patio etc gets sun you can have a productive container garden.
If you don't get alot of sun you could do well at herbs that enjoy shaded positions.
We grow lettuce, spring onions, garlic, radish, chilli, cherry tomatoes and lebanese cucmber in large pots on the verandah for lazy or wet days when I don't feel like sloshing down to the vegetable garden. I have also grown egg-plant (aubergines) in a pot, with a stake for them to grow up.
I have hanging baskets of strawberries - you can not beat home grown strawberries for taste! - which do well, though they don't seem to produce quite as much as the plants we have down in the garden, they are certainly prolific enough for fresh strawberries and ice-cream deserts for the kids every other night.
I know some-one who gets those white foam boxes from the green grocers and paints them in bright colours to disguise them. She grows a wide range of salad vegies and also carrots, parsnip, shallots and cellery for soups and stews.
The trick to growing in pots or containers is to use a good quality potting mix. The soil seems to loose nutrients faster in containers so making a plant food or buying a good organic plant food is a good idea too.
Herbs do well in containers. An assortment of green, healthy plants in colourful pots on the kitchen window sill is always a nice sight. Or on your balcony/verandah. When you need a particular one, just a quick snip and there you have it - your own fresh herbs!
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