[mjg000]

Back in the winter I asked for advice on this.  Now we are up and running, daughter's partner has build up the bed and we've filled it with topsoil and now bags of compost.  Lettuce is on the go and runner and French beans are doing an in/out dance every day to toughen up.  3 courgettes have popped up their heads.  I'm sowing spinach later today and bought some strawberry plants to go in a container on the sunniest wall.  B & Q were doing strips of veg at 5 for £5 so I got her some onions and other bits.

Talking about sunshine....it is incredible just how much they get.... the sunshine is on the back wall of the house from early morning and is full on most of the yard by 09.30 and the last rays disappear from the bed by about 3.00 really couldn't ask for more.  There is really just a narrow strip at the bottom of the wall that gets very little.  Thank you so much for everyone's advice, particularly about waiting to see what the sun does!!  Will post some more pics when it is in full swing. The 2 attached are of the garden pre compost and pre planting.

[Yorkie]

Leafy crops are best for shade, so the spinach or salad leaves probably.  Perhaps also beetroot, radishes etc.

[mjg000]

This is a photo of the back yard in June or July 2016 and it went on getting better and better.
Thought this thread might be of interest to the recent thread started about shade.