01 January 2004

Reference - The Old House Web list of partial shade-tolerant vegetables

The Old House Web

http://www.oldhouseweb.net/gardening/Detailed/686.shtml

The following is a list of of partial shade-tolerant vegetables.
While productions may be greater in the sun, these plants will
produce an edible crop when grown in a shady location.
However, remember that nothing will grow in complete shade.
Plants will need some morning, evening or filtered sun; a total
of two to six hours of direct sun is the minimum.

Arugala
Rhubarb
Beans
Rutabagas
Beets
Salad Burnet
Broccoli
Salsify
Brussels sprouts
Sorrel cabbage
Spinach
Cauliflower
Summer Squash
Celery
Turnips
Cress
Endive
Garlic
Angelica
Kale
Borage
Kohlrabi
Caraway
Leaf Lettuce
Chervil
Leeks
Coriander
Parsley
Lemon Balm
Parsnips
Lovage
Peas
Mint
Potatoes
Tarrgon
Pumpkins
Thyme
Radish

Why this blog?

Why this blog?

I am planting unused spaces in Vancouver, BC with edible plants or wildflowers to create beauty in places not normally viewed as beautiful and documenting it here. I also post observations about the urban enviroment we inhabit, ways to make it more sustainable and other issues - including my progress in developing a new business - that interest me.

In the email conversation/interview related to guerrilla gardening
Karen LaRocca asked me:

….can you address why you do this? (I mean, I know WHY, because I do it too, but a sentence or two in your own words?)


Why?

We need unstructured places of beauty in urban environments.

We need to reconnect to our food supply - radishes don’t grow in bunches with elastic bands around them

We need to learn that weeds are not always weeds and we can sometimes eat them.
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