Kitchen Garden Forum

I have a well fertilised plot but it is shady . What edible crop would you grown there ? My soil is chalk but is well drained and full of nutrients and worms

The usual ones would be spinach, Swiss Chard, rhubarb. Some lettuce varieties will also grow in shade.

If the shade lessens higher up where plants can reach more sunlight and its only the ground area which is worst affected you could experiment with climbing beans which will grow up poles into more sunlight.

If the shade is caused by your own trees or hedges, would it be worth having them trimmed back or even sharing pruning costs with a neighbour to have this done? . It probably depends on how eager you are to try and stretch your growing boundaries.

Don't forget carrots!

The Chinese brassica's deal with shade nicely & slower to bolt - Pak Choi, some of the mustards; there are lots available & well tasty!

Rhubarb does well in the conditions you describe.
Likewise Jerusalem artichokes.

I grow currants (I get much better returns from red than black) in the shady part of my allotment.

I realise that all of these are long term arrangements not annual planting.