Hi- I finally got around to answering you. You don't have any spot to plant your tomato plants in the ground? If you don't have a lot of sun, maybe you should plant your tomato plants in your community garden. Tomatoes need lots of sunlight. Lettuce, spinach and peas do not require as much sunlight. There is somebody else here who gardens at the Howard garden I think.
I posted this on the Evanston farmer's market topic, but I assume you live in Roger's Park, if you are gardening at Howard. Teresa Brockman, who is Henry's sister, sells really nice organic plant starts at the Evanston market every year. Last year because of COVID, they asked her to have people preorder them, and then pick them up at the market. Everybody was gardening last summer, and they went in a week. This year, she decided to offer them earlier, and I just got her email about her plant sale last Sunday. She has tons of heirloom plants, and especially tomato plants. She charges $5 per plant start, but if you order 10-29 plant starts, you get 10% off, and if you order 30 or more plant starts, you get 20% off. She is going to bring her cool weather plants to market on May 8th, and her warm weather plants such as tomatoes, eggplant, cukes and squash on May 22nd. She still has plenty of plant starts left, but I would order soon. She is low on a few varieties. I should warn you she does charge for sales tax. I bought 30 plants, and I got charges $9.90 for sales tax. At the market she charged more, but she did not charge extra for sales tax. Here is a link to her website.
https://www.teresasunnylanefarm.com/