Great post! Thanks for all the tips. My yard is nearly full shade that gets worse every year as the trees grow, so I'm down to just a couple of very small spots of sun. I was using the "The Garden Patch" grow boxes that have the water reservoir on the bottom that the top layer of soil sucks up, and it's "square foot gardening" type of spacing, so you can cram a lot into a small space. If I put those things on a roller, I can follow the sun spot and get something out of them this year. However, I prefer the taller raised like yours because we have a bunny problem.
The first time I used the grow boxes - I had more sun back then - and, good lord, the growth of these plants was insane. My tomatoes were easily 7 foot tall. Everything was prolific. As long as I kept the water reservoir filled, the plants were happy. One week gone on vacation in July ruined that though. I should have had someone fill up the water while I was gone.
We bought these safe-for-water drums (I think they were used to hold honey at one point) and a rain catcher downspout attachment. We've never used them, it's just for "a rainy day" so to speak lol. Pun totally intended.
Anywho, so I'm wanting to garden but my shade is so bad I don't think it's going to work. I researched "shade tolerant veggies" a couple of days ago and this is the list I found: spinach, chard, leaf lettuce, peas, radish, potatoes, bush tomato, bush bean, basil, cilantro, parsley, green onion. So if I get wheels for my boxes (or if I go even higher off the ground with a design like yours, which I love by the way), I should be able to get enough sun for some produce. My neighbor graciously offered to let me use a part of her sunny backyard as well. I can keep both our families in fresh veggies this year!
Great post! Thanks for all the tips. My yard is nearly full shade that gets worse every year as the trees grow, so I'm down to just a couple of very small spots of sun. I was using the "The Garden Patch" grow boxes that have the water reservoir on the bottom that the top layer of soil sucks up, and it's "square foot gardening" type of spacing, so you can cram a lot into a small space. If I put those things on a roller, I can follow the sun spot and get something out of them this year. However, I prefer the taller raised like yours because we have a bunny problem.
The first time I used the grow boxes - I had more sun back then - and, good lord, the growth of these plants was insane. My tomatoes were easily 7 foot tall. Everything was prolific. As long as I kept the water reservoir filled, the plants were happy. One week gone on vacation in July ruined that though. I should have had someone fill up the water while I was gone.
We bought these safe-for-water drums (I think they were used to hold honey at one point) and a rain catcher downspout attachment. We've never used them, it's just for "a rainy day" so to speak lol. Pun totally intended.
Anywho, so I'm wanting to garden but my shade is so bad I don't think it's going to work. I researched "shade tolerant veggies" a couple of days ago and this is the list I found: spinach, chard, leaf lettuce, peas, radish, potatoes, bush tomato, bush bean, basil, cilantro, parsley, green onion. So if I get wheels for my boxes (or if I go even higher off the ground with a design like yours, which I love by the way), I should be able to get enough sun for some produce. My neighbor graciously offered to let me use a part of her sunny backyard as well. I can keep both our families in fresh veggies this year!