When Do You Call It Quits?

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In late March, I got all excited about starting a garden. I don't have an area that isn't rock, so I planted everything (small plants) in containers. I think that's where I made my first mistake...not everything will grow in a container. (I also had tried planting cantelope, watermelon, and cucumbers (seed) in a small area where there is a little dirt...none of them grew.) I planted red and green cabbage, onion, tomato, herb, strawberry, and bean plants. This morning I finished pulling up the red cabbage, because it just wasn't doing anything (it looked like they were root bound, just like the green cabbage). I pulled the green cabbage up last week; it had gone to flower. This morning, I also pulled up the onions. The biggest one was probably the size of a boulder (marbles). This morning I also peeled about 10 caterpillars away from my parsley (there are no leaves left). The four strawberries I was all excited about got eaten by a rock squirrel. So I've been watering and watering...all for naught. I did put some leftover cucumber seeds in the containers where I pulled up the green cabbage. There were sprouts today. But I don't want to get too excited, because this garden just isn't going very well. Would you keep trying? And what would you plant in the containers that I pulled the red cabbage out of?