12 Perfect Vegetables To Grow in a Shady Garden Space

On top of that, there are some plants that won't LOVE being in shade, but will TOLERATE it, which allows you to squeeze out even more harvests from spaces you might typically ignore in your garden.

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[epicgardening]

Like this if you want me to do a list of veggies and herbs you can grow indoors

[oystergirl]

I am a biologist and massive gardener. My daughter is a certified horticulturist. We want to give you kudos for your knowledge, your ability to convey it and your enthusiasm for small gardening! If you have a grow light and a container you can grow something. YOU my friend have maximized your yield in a small space and brought us all along for an awesome and educational ride! Many blessings on YOU and your garden as well!

[TheWisendorf]

Another thing you do is for the elderly people like me.I am in my mid seventies.Hate to admit it but loneliness is the burden many of us have.I live in the country and no close neighbors, I mean like not many people to share things with. At my age I guess I have forgotten more than most folks know. Your channel is a nice place where people like to share there gardening.My Daddy used to show me all his tricks. So in his memory I will share one of them for you all to try.He used to grow watermellons every year and a few he use to feed them a watery sugar syrups flavored with stawberry and vanilla sometimes by threading a heavy mop string right thru the vine about 6 inches from the mellon.The mellon would drink up the flavor.Dad used to get a real kick out of people asking him where he got the strawberry flavored water mellons from. SORRY Dad! It is time to pass the secret on now.

[miriamrobarts]

Shade Garden & Cooler Weather Plants:
2:16 #1 Spinach
3:14 #2 Chard
4:29 #3 Lettuce
5:27 #4 Endive & Escarole
6:28 #5 Peas
8:07 #6 Radishes

Shade Tolerant (11:24 Give as much sun as possible.):
9:26 #7 Potatoes
10:43 #8 Tomates fast-maturing, cold-tolerant, bush style determinate varieties, such as:
Glacier Tomatoes, & any that have the name of a cold area such as Russia, New York, or Canada.
11:41 #9 Bush Beans

Herbs:
12:37 #10 Basil These are: African Blue Basil (good pollinator plant), Greek Columnar, Thai Basil, Pesto Perpetuo, & Tulsi (aka Holy Basil)
13:57 #11 Cilantro & Parsley
14:40 #12 Green Onion

15:15 Shady Garden Tips (in addition to others peppered throughout the video):
15:30 #1 Will grow slower (add 15% to 25% longer to maturity date)
15:47 #2 Water a little less often (less evaporation)
16:06 #3 Transplant (start indoors instead of direct sowing)
16:37 #4 Give as much sun as you can give it
17:05 #5 Paint nearby walls & fences a light color to reflect more light
17:30 #6 Consider growing in containers

[emh.]

I have a shady bottom floor apartment patio in zone 9b, I've grown cherry tomatoes, eggplant, jalapenos, kale, basil, mint, onions, garlic, nasturtium, heaps of spinach, blackberries, raspberries, grapes, strawberries, pomegranate, celery, a bunch of flowers like allysum and petunias, carrots, peas, beans, and squash. I'm trying out sweet potatoes this year. I've had good luck with starting from seed and fertilizing with worm castings from my kitchen worm bin. I also water a lot but that's bc summers get crazy hot here. I highly recommend just going crazy and trying anything you want, it works out surprisingly well a lot of the timeXD

[laurelcook]

I want to make a “pick what you need” garden around my mailbox so people on a walk can have fun and snack on something healthy. My neighborhood is a huge gardening community and i see kids looking at my plants in my front yard so I want to grow food close to the side of the road for them.

[TheRealHonestInquiry]

My tip if your Cilantro starts bolting is to let it bolt and harvest the Coriander Seeds which are an excellent spice to use fresh, I love toasting them and using in plant-based curries!

[MelyndaVang]

I just found you TODAY. April 2, 2024. I really enjoyed your matter-of-fact way that you gave your content. Most of the time if I find a channel where I am trying really hard to learn something, I prefer a matter-0f-fact but sincere approach and you just hit all the right vibes with me and earned my sub. I see that 2.87M people think that same way. I am gardening this year and my yard is full of shade so I was desperately looking for information on what crops I should be considering for my little shady garden about 15X15 plot only. I can't wait to learn more from your channel.

[tinareaume]

I once put mirrors on a fence behind my shady garden. The year I grew tomatoes there, I couldn't eat those tomatoes fast enough. They loved it!

[nicolewinters]

Yes, thank you! Some channels forget that we don’t have the perfect sunny estate property, or hundreds of dollars of donated/sponsored plants for each of their videos. I like that you think about the little guy/gal with a challenging piece of land.

[Jennifer-mbco]

I love how I didn't hear "um" every other word. Clean and well spoken. 👏☺

[breezierider]

Thank you for speaking clearly and not playing annoying music in the background. Great video. - really appreciate you putting this together

[freerangegirl]

Seriously ... one of the best. Thanks for your hard work: knowing what you need to say, not killing me with annoying music, not wasting my time with nonsense, keeping on topic...♡

[SalongirlGardens]

Oregano is my pick for the shade. I have it under a chinquapin oak tree. It’s perennial and spreading. I’ve had mine in ground for 15 years now.

[trucyslife]

UnBElievable....I've just found your channel dude, and I am blown away at the amount of information you've relayed on this one video....God is awesome in delivering directly to us the quality of individuals that have channels here on Youtube who are trying to reach the masses!!! Thank you honey for doing your homework, for being so eloquent, and for having the heart to share!!! You have helped me so much, but more importantly you need to know what a blessing you are to folks out here on the world wide web!

[elizabethcamillo]

I'm from Australia and yes, we love hearing the "H" in herbs! Some great ideas, thanks for the tips.

[mjk]

12 Perfect Vegetables To Grow in a Shady Garden Space:
1. Spinach
2. Chard
3. Leaf Lettuce
4. Endive & Escarole
5. Peas
6. Radish
7. Potatoes
8. Determinate Cold-hardy Tomatoes
9. Bush Beans
10. Basil and other herbs
11. Cilantro and Parsley
12. Green Onions

[TheXXLGamer]

You can also grow mushrooms in the shade. Particularly, thats a great way to use full shade (which this video doesnt cover). It may seem intimidating at first, but a low tech solution on a bed of hay or wooden logs is not particularly high effort and not particularly complicated and can give high yields.

[rlmaiden]

When the radishes bolt, the young green seed pods are a wonderful addition to a salad.

[belladonnakiss]

I love how every time we talk about spinach you bring up Popeye and how we all need his arms. I enjoy this energy.