I’m planting some carrots in home made self-watering 5 gallon buckets to see what happens. I’ve given up on the idea of trying to conquer one acre of Horehound infestation with a weed whacker. They grow faster than I cut them. Needs a road grader to scrape that mess away. Meanwhile, I’m getting excited about using the buckets. The little carrots have sprouted and are a whopping two inches tall. Should have put in more than four germinated seeds though. Next pot is going to have a grid of seeds 2” apart. It’ll be interesting to see what comes up.
Have you thought about trying a sq. foot garden? For some of mine, we removed some of the soil, put down cardboard and covered it with Mel’s mix. I had zero weeds for 4 years, then I used some hay for mulch that hubby had bought instead of straw. Bad move started to get some weeds.