This year we decided to see if we could grow some food on our balcony. We are using a product called Earthboxe (No connection to them).
These are perfect for us since we have a very limited space and sometimes forget to water our plants. Also Earthboxes have casters which makes it nice if you want to move them around to follow the sun.
Its a complete system: planting mix and dry fertilizer (we are using organic fertilizer) enclosed within the box for the entire growing season - just keep adding water through the watering tube.

We planted most of our veggies between April 1st and 15th.

Overall, we are pretty satisfied with the way its turning out for our first stab at growing veggies. Can't wait to finally eat some!

April 18th, 2 weeks after planting. Earthboxes have the following in them. From front to back, left to right: 2 tomatoes, 6 wild strawberries, 1 tomato and 1 zucchini, 2 more tomatoes, 4 cucumbers.

May 3rd. Zucchini is now 32 inches. Tomato is 24 inches

Cucumber buds on May 16th

Tomato buds on May 16th

Wild strawberries on May 16th

Zucchini buds on May 16th

Zucchini flowers on May 16th

May 16th. Zucchini is now 64 inches, tomato is 35 inches.

5-15 The other 2 boxes of tomatoes. Notice a funnel through which you water the plants.