Help with Garden Bed Placement in shady backyard
Okay Ontario gardeners, I really need some help with this one. My rental spot has a really lovely big backyard space, however the soil quality is quite shite (moss & weeds are the main ground cover, meaning horrible drainage, compact soil and poor nutrition) so I've opted for a raised bed. However.... there is so much tree cover that there is only one spot in the backyard that gets about 3/4 hours of afternoon sunlight with virtually no morning light and another other area that gets some very dappled sunlight throughout the morning and very little in the afternoon. I would really love to grow some stuff and I'm opting for things that do better in shade such as leafy greens, beets, and some shade-thriving herbs but I'm unsure if I should keep the bed in the spot that gets the afternoon sun (picture #1) or move it to the spot that recieves very dappled morning sun (#2 - area to the left side of the yard near the fence). I'm worried that leaving it where it is will leave plants scorched, especially once the summer gets hotter. And with #2 I worry it won't be enough sunlight for them to get a fighting chance. Any help/ advice is appreciated!!