Nadia Knows Gardens

Shade Vegetable Gardening

13 Jun 2010 1 Comment

by nadiaqh in Garden Design, Garden Projects, Vegetable/ Herb Garden Tags: Behr Chipotle Paint, Lettuce Garden, nadia's san diego garden blog, Shade Vegetable Gardening, vegetable garden

Creating Garden Space

BEFORE

Eight weeks ago I decided to move the kayaks out of one area in my garden/side yard to create some more edible planting space. This area only gets about 5 hours of sun due to the tall fence that prevents afternoon sun exposure. I researched what I could grow here and found a list of Shade Vegetables. I was surprised to learn that I could have a partial shade garden that could produce all of my lettuce and radish supply for the year. Here is a list of “SHADE GARDEN” vegetables that only need about 3-6 hours of sun per day.

BROCCOLI, PEAS, BEETS, RADISH, SWISS CHARD, BEANS, COLLARDS, MUSTARD GREENS, LETTUCE: ARUGULA, ENDIVE, RADICHIO, ETC. SPINACH, KALE.

Not a bad list for an area that might not get to produce sun-loving vegetables like tomatoes, basil and eggplant.

AFTER

This is an after photo of the area now set up with drip irrigation and planted with lettuce, swiss chard, spinach, strawberries, broccoli, and nasturtium.

The fence is painted with Behr Premium paint color called Chipotle, the red tones of the fence next to the green plants created a nice color pop. Always on a quest for adding more garden planting space to my yard I was pleased with the outcome. Maybe the next thing to go will be the back lawn?

Thanks for your visit today and happy planting.

New carrot patch in shaded part of garden