Any gardeners on here?

[chesters1]

cheaper and better sprouts are available frozen and saves those cold hands picking them.

i can recomend (if you like small sweet tomatoes) a variety called tumbler ,grow them in hanging baskets 3 plants will keep you going forever just reach up and pick them and pop them in your mouth mmmmmmm

[Howard 13]

Thanks for the replies, there are alot of different options.

 

To simplify it, are there any vegetables that'll grow in the shade?

 

Ta,

HB.

[Newt]

Vegetables & Shade

 

And some Great Advice

[Dog Fish]

Rhubarb... http://www.rhubarbinfo.com/

I used some spent mushroom compost and got some mushrooms come up

[Howard 13]

Thanks Newt, even the ones on there, they are talking about getting 6 hrs sun a day, I'm not sure mine would even get that.

 

I wouldn't mind growing zucchini as they say you can do although they are from Texas. The temperature would be hotter there I guess?

 

HB.

[Newt]

Texas would surely be warmer than the UK.

 

I liked the last comment on the 2nd link though. Something to the effect that you never know until you try it yourself. Maybe go with the types that usually need the least sunlight and see how they do in your yard.

[Guest jay_con]

Shade is difficult m8. Best annual for shade is buzzie lizzie. Good perennials are hosta, ferns, and Astilbe, Astilbe sprite is stunning when it flowers in july - August. If you want a bush (cant beat a bush ) Acuba will grow anywhere in any soil.

[RUDD]

I grow hostas in the shady area of my garden.

[ayjay]

RUDD:

I grow hostas in the shady area of my garden.

Something like this?

 

 

 

Some of the other plants here are Dicentra(Bleeding Heart), Aruncus (Goatsbeard), Smilacina Racemosa (False Solomon Seal), Papaver Nudicaule(Iceland poppies), Carex Elata (Bowles Golden Sedge) and there's a big clump of bamboo out of shot on the left

 

[Gray-Catchpole]

we grow mint in a shady strip in our back garden, very usefull and has a lovely smell, and very low maintenance, actually we only ever touch it for when we need some for sunday dinner.