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Old 18-04-2010, 11:19 AM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default Food/Fruit for semi-shade?

In message , Jim A
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I'm new here, so 'Hi Everyone' and many thanks for the faqs - I've been
inspired to empty and refill my compost bin today to get it going
properly this year.

I have a small garden in Wiltshire. There's not a great deal of space
for growing food, and the small sunny areas there are I've devoted
mainly to pretty things (with the occasional tomato plant which didn't
do too well last year, but I'll try & learn from what went wrong for
this year).

I have one bed, about 7 foot by two which doesn't have anything in it
at all yet. I'd like to grow some veg or fruit, but am not sure what
would thrive on a limited amount of sunshine - it gets only a short
amount of sun in the evening. Any ideas what I should consider? I
don't want to grow anything taller than the standard fence panel as I
don't want to steal any of my neighbours' precious sunshine either.

TIA,

Jim


What do you like to eat - fruit and veg wise? The bed may be rather
short of space to plant a fruit tree or large bush but lots of veg and
some soft fruit (e.g. strawberries) could be grown. But I'd concentrate
on veg if I were you .... so what do you like eating?
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