Gardening

So, my yard is one big, open slate.  All we have is dirt and trees on 1/3 acre.  The problem is I do not have full sun anywhere in my yard, so my first love, roses, isn't really happening here. Now I find myself in the new world of shade gardening, which I never had in Texas or really California either. I have just started a full shade garden project in my lower yard along the back fence.  In the summer when the trees leaf out, there will be little sun in the area.  The ground is bad, full of rocks and clay soil.  So, I took a 25ft long x 3 ft wide patch and have dug it out, removed all the rocks, and started ammending the soil.  So far I have added gypsum to break up the clay, compost and manure, and regular garden soil.

Here is the future garden

 Here are the rocks I pulled out.