[Koala Doug]

Unfortunately, my neighborhood is comprised of moderately-to-heavily wooded lots of very large, mature trees. On this property, only a tiny patch of the driveway gets any direct sun at all - and that is only about four to four-and-a-half hours a day (in the morning and later afternoon/evening).

So I am limited to containers only (the whole yard, which is fully shaded, is heavy clay) that I have to physically carry into the garage every night or else the ravenous deer will eat them down to tiny stubs.

Because of my severe limitations, I can usually only fit four moderately sized tomato plants, maybe a couple of micro-dwarf plants, and three herb plants (basil, parley, and oregano). This year, I'm pushing things and will try to grow six regular sized tomato plants in containers. I also plan on trying to grow one container with carrots (fingers crossed!). I don't expect things to go well and will likely have to scale back to four for next year.

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TL, DR: Only four to (maybe) six plants in containers.