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Any edibles for fairly deep shade at all?

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Fucksandflowers · 14/07/2019 16:39

The back garden is going to take a while.
I keep coming back to the idea of a 100% edible potager design.

Trouble is, I have a patch with overhanging trees which obviously casts some shade and don't know what, if anything I could plant there.

Currently, I have two gooseberries and a morello cherry tree in this shaded area but I need some sort of ground cover....

There is Ajuga there which is obviously non edible and my (non edible) plan was hellebores and Japanese anemone with it.

I already have a full herb garden in the front so not interested in herbs.

I was planning on putting dwarf raspberries and blackberries in the two sunny borders.
Unless they would produce a decent crop in the shade..?

Is there anything at all edible suitable for shade?

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MereDintofPandiculation · 14/07/2019 18:29

Alpine strawberries are what cover my shady areas. Tedious to pick, but intense strawberry taste. They're best added to other stuff - sprinkled on cereal, mixed with cream and used to sandwich a sponge cake together, for example. If you have any left over, they freeze better than full sized strawberries.

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