Grow early vegetables such as spring cabbage, winter lettuce and broad beans (Aquadulce). Sow in early autumn so they are well established by early spring.
Shade tolerant vegetables (shade for more than half a day) like beetroot, 'Bolthardy', calabrese, kale, kohl rabi, lettuce – little gem. Also radish, spinach and herbs - chives, mint and parsley are all shade tolerant. Fruit such as raspberries, blackcurrants, gooseberry and rhubarb are plants of the woodland edge and will thrive in this environment.
Asparagus cultivated in the normal way a very acceptable crop can be gathered in half shade although the spears may be a little thin. Choose a vigorous, all male cultivar.
