Watering plants with water drizzling over them is a wrong way. In this case the plant, especially - the leaves will stay damp, so mold and other harmful processes may develop. You have to keep your plants dry, that's why watering the soil around is better.

Surely, water evaporates more quickly in a container garden, and if you have one - be ready to work more than in regular garden. Traders confirm the importance of the process. A hose can help you greatly here. If you have one - you can easily install not very expensive but effective automatic system for garden watering.

If you have neither a hose no money to buy it - there is another good option of two-liter bottle run into the soil. It's not perfect, but it works. It will hold your plants watered when you need to leave for a few days and nobody will keep an eye on them.

Now one should decide what they will grow. There are numerous crops, fitting for container type of garden and giving a rich harvest. Choosing one that is not worth to be grown is much more easier.

Container usually implies the lack of space, so a continual harvest(a few items got per crop) is your aim. Carrots, onions, beets and other roots don't fit as they can't give you more than one vegetable.

Tomato, cucumber and pepper fruits are ripening in different time, so you needn't gather them at once. And certainly productivity is higher. If you choose herbs - basil may become a good start. It doesn't make troubles when growing, needn't much space and sunlight.