In article .com,
"La Puce" writes:
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| Blackberries are wood EDGE plants, actually, and don't crop in deep
| shade.
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| Sure. But the fellow has full sun in the morning and late afternoon.

Yes, which is why they would be fine. They are happy if they
get only full light and never direct sun; but they won't crop
in the full shade of a wood, even if they have enough water.

| What foliage plants do you have in mind? I didn't want to be too
| negative - I've suggested rubarb, which I still find impossible to
| spell for some strange reason. I've suggested quick growing crop, like
| chicory and radishes which are happy in the shade, and in this case,
| semi shade. But as for tomatoes, potatoes, sweetcorns etc ... frankly
| it would be a waste of time.

Well, spinach, rocket, even chard, and so on are foliage plants.
Lettuce and brassicas can be a bit trickier, as the more highly
hybridised ones often depend on good conditions. Radishes and
rhubarb are essentially foliage plants.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.