Moving and Plotting

We are getting ready to move very soon but as far as I'm concerned, it couldn't be soon enough. I was very happy with our apartment as our first home together but it's charm (or lack there-of) has worn off. I'm tired of our neighbors, I want more space and most of all I want to garden! Okay I also want to not pay $3 per half a load of laundry in a tiny coin operated washer and dryer. We went to look at a duplex yesterday and we really like it. It isn't perfect by any means by it's much larger than what we have and for the same price. There's not much of a yard but also much more than we have now which is nothing! And so begins my adventures in gardening in a small space. Pros: Lots of windows, both East & West Nice sized porch on the East side Small plot of land I can garden The downside is that the duplex is on the North side of the building so my little garden plot will be along the North wall of the house. I'm trying to research plants that will do well in a small plot with less light. I'm planning to fill up the porch with container plants so for now I'm researching fruits and veggies that will do well in containers and envisioning how I'll organize everything. Advice is welcome as well as book recommendations. I'm reading Back to Basics now because that's what we have already but it only mentions gardening as a small topic among many.