We have 5 acres on the mountain, woods, I know what you're talking about. We finally got an area cleared for raised beds and then the trees we wanted to leave spread their branches and grew into lovely shade trees, shading the beds...
You'll get there tho. Lots of patience and work. But if you want it , you'll get it.
In another thread, ' Can it work' , people seemed envious of where I want to put my run for the chickens, because of the shade. The shade doesn't grow vegges to well though. Here's where I want my run:
To the left are the 2 lot we want to buy.