Can I grow any veggies in the shade?

[mcflumpy]

Sorry complete novice.

Moved to a new house last summer and would like to grow some veggies. The garden is quite small but there are 2 sizeable swathes of shaded areas which are currently covered with chips but could be lifted and transformed into veggie patches. Are there any veggies that would grow in the shade?

Thanks

this site looks useful

Although it does state some shade. will yours be full shade?

MMm - rhubarb will grow fairly happily in fairly deep shade. Spinach and kale seem pretty unstoppable, and children like the 'Bright Lights' kale variety with the coloured stems.

Could you try growing something up the walls on the sunny side instead? e.g. tomatoes, peas, beans or even courgettes?

I have a very shady garden and it is a bit of a pain tbh, but, I grow potatoes successfully, nd have loads of kale, savoy cabbages and purple sprouting broccoli in at the moment (less shade in the winter, as it's trees causing the shade). I grew courgettes in the sunniest spot(not very sunny) last summer, but not sure it was really worth the effort, and have leeks in at the moment which are doing OK - not huge, so I'm treating them as baby leeks .

You might have more luck with fruit, actually. As mentioned rhubarb (yes, I know it's a vegetable...), also raspberries, blackcurrants,blackberries, blueberries should do OK with some shade (they often grow on the edge of woodland).

We have a shady garden and runner beans always do very well.

Potatoes, blackcurrants, redcurrants and rhubarb do okay and we have had a bit of success with lettuce (in pots) and carrots.

It maybe depends just how shady you're talking about - I tried lettuce in pots in the side return of my old house, and they were definitely not successful!