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New bed, in shade, planting suggestions?

 
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I just built a 3x6 raised bed, with logs in the bottom.
It's kinda in the shade, except in the morning and evenings.
Any suggestions for what to plant?
 
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I'm sitting on the path next to the bed, evergreen boughs are very soft to sit, kneel and stand on.
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Anything with dark green leaves - the darker the better, they have evolved as shade plants.  Spinach or silverbeet are my go-tos for shade.  Read somewhere that hostas like shade also if that's the way you are thinking.
 
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Ye gads! Gooseberries are not recommended amongst evergreens.
 
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Gooseberries?
I do have a jostaberry on the other side of the house, and I was considering adding some to the front.
Is the white pine rust carried by gooseberries is specific to white pines only?
I'm not even sure what kind of evergreen I have anyway.
I'll look into it.

A bed of greens would be pretty ideal.
I  have people and animals that would appreciate them.
 
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