4-6 hrs of Sun

Hello My garden here in TN USA gets about 4-6 hrs of sun. Definately PART SUN.
It is my understanding that I would have a better chance for sucess with small cherry tomatoes rather than the big boys. How about beans, onion and potato? I grew a fair crop of red potatoes in a shadier part of the yard a few years ago, so I'm a little more optimistic with the sunnier local at this time. But this shadier garden was raised with railroad ties and I was aprehensive about the toxic chemicals so I moved the garden to my sunnier south side.
I have worked in a lot of organic. Do you think smaller mellons would be out of my league?

thanks,
rob s.

My yard is mostly shade, so I have limited room. I do have a garden in a spot that gets about 5 hrs. sun. It usually stays pretty moist which I think helps my veggies. My successes:
All types of tomatoes I have tried have done very well. Cherry did the same as big boy.
Zucchini, butternut squash, spaghetti squash all did fine.
Lettuce did wonderful.
Hot pepper and eggplant got enough veggies to make me happy.
Cucumber-fine
Gourds-fine
Swiss chard-fine.
Chives
Sweet potato vine did great (I didn't eat it-I used it for 'decor'. I don't know if this is the same as an edible sweet potato.)

Not so great:
Dill, parsley
Underground veggies-carrots and radish grew leaves but no edible root.
Watermelon-great vine, never had a melon.
Canteloupe- same as watermelon.
Table king squash.

I am going to try some green beans and onions this year. Hopefully they'll do well. I would say give anything you want a try. You'll never know how it'll grow in your yard until you do.

Thanks for the ideas for a semi shady yard. My front has all the sun, I don't want to do veggies there because I'm afraid they'll develope legs. The back has mostly shade. The neighbors have taken down or thined trees, so I hope to be able to do more there.

Here are some annuals that have done fine in the same area:
Caladium
Coleus
Alyssum
Snapdragon
Verbena
Marigold
Impatien
Begonia
Petunia
Lobelia
Flowering Vinca
Forget-me-not
These plants don't get quite as large as they do in sun (except the shade plants) but they still flower and look good. If you are interested in houseplants that will do well, let me know.

Thanks, I don't like some of the normal shade stuff. I'll try some of these as well as the shade stuff I like.

I've not tried growing in the shade - but I do have some creeping Thyme that grows well in constant shade. I don't use it in the kitchen, 'cause the dog walks over it all the time. I grow all my kitchen herbs in pots and keep them up off the ground away from dog and wild bird droppings - they are also out of reach of whatever animal comes around at night and digs up the earthworms! (along with newly planted seeds, etc - sigh)

I was really looking forward to some fresh chives-first herb of the season-that is until the dog got to it a couple days ago cause I didn't get the fence put up in time. Wonder how many rainstorms I should wait lol on the other hand don't think I really want to use it this season.

My yard is kind of shady in the winter. I am surrounded by trees and have a large oak in the middle of the yard. There is sky around the circumfrance of my yard so I do get some sun, more in the summer. I made a garden in where it is the sunniest in the summer, half of it is getting pretty good sun now, the other half it's hard to tell. It's filtering through a tree but it's there. I also have a raised bed in a sort of sunny location and if all goes well I will make another one next to it.

In the past my herbs have done very well, including the dill. It gets so hot here in the summer a little shade might be a good thing. My neighbor managed to grow a few things, including tomatoes in thier yard which is a lot like mine.

I'm really concerned about the sun so the poster that said the stuff did well is encouraging. Time will tell.

I have a perennial bed right now that is in full shade, but in about a month it will receive more sun. The plants right now are not even half the size of the rest of my yard, but by mid-summer they will be great.