We all know the feeling! One minute your garden feels bright and productive in summer… and then winter arrives and suddenly half the garden feels cold, damp and permanently shady. The sun sits lower in the sky, walls cast longer shadows, trees block precious light and...
Vegetables that will grow in light shade Staying in the city, we have to deal with boundary walls, neighbours houses, large trees and other structures that cast shade into our garden. The general rule is that vegetables need 6 to 8 hours of direct sunlight. A garden...
Shade in your garden? Think you can't grow edibles here? Think again! Shady spots in your garden need not be dead spots where you can't grow any vegetables or herbs. We stay in urban areas where boundary walls and neighbours houses block the sun, and this is the...
