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Food/Fruit for semi-shade?
On 18 Apr, 17:20, Rusty Hinge
wrote: Jim A wrote: 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. Blackberries, raspberries and gooseberries will tolerate a fair amount of shade - they do like some sun though. I hesitate to suggest nettles and ground elder, both of which are good green veg (IMO!). I'm about to plant a big shallow tub (when I find one) with ground elder, so I can spray the unwanted invasive regiments of it. -- Rusty- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - You said you grow flowers in most of the garden, then why not mix in some veg. Carrout make a great foliage plant as do Beetroot (and with Beetroot you can eat the leaves as well as the roots. Climbing french or runner beans can be mixed with Sweet peas. Parsley, chives left to flower, and nasturtiums can be used in salads. Swis chartd is very ornimental and can be mixed in as can artichokes. David Hill |
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