Raised veg bed?

I have a raised bed, around 12 x 8 feet, around 1.5 feet deep walls, not sure how deep the bed soil is or what is underneath the top soil .
I want to grow veg in there, it looks like top soil is in there with the usual stones and other debris.
Ive got a good 6 inches from the top of the walls to the soil level.

I'm not even sure what I want to or what I can grow in there but as I decide is there anything I need to do to prepare the bed?

Also, any ideas of what I can grow? The bed is usually in the shadow of the house until around the afternoon but I presume come mid summer it will have full sun around midday.

 

Hi

I would turn it over/ loosen the soil, add some fertiliser ( I would add pelleted chicken manure) and top up with organic material ( compost/well rotted manure). With it being so wide you will probably need a board or two so that you are not trampling on the soil and thus compacting it.

As to what you can grow I would say almost anything. Not sure how crop rotation would work in a single bed though.

Rusty