How much sunlight does the north side get? You really need at least a good eight hours of sunlight daily in order to grow about anything.

I have some raised beds on the north side of the house - but they are about 15 feet from the house - so they get full sunlight all day.

Here is a link that might be useful: BsnTech Gardening Blog

If you get some sun you could try lettuce and radishes. They seems to do well despite getting some shade.

Here is a link that might be useful: My Garden

I agree with bsntech. My 3 garden beds are on the north side, but far away from the house. They get full sun from the moment it rises till about 2:00 in the afternoon - not ideal, but I still get a good crop of tomatoes and eggplants and cuces, etc.

It is impossible to tell what will work well in that location with the information provided. More info needed.

Dan

Yeah, more info will help but if you get at least six hours of sun per day, you should be able to grow just about anything.

Mike

My garden is on the north side of my house. The closest bed to the house, about 6ft away, had tomatoes in it this year and they did great. It's only a one-story, however, so the sun still hit the bed for a good bit of the day. During spring and fall, it's much more shady... but it seems to be good to go by the time I'm planting warm weather veggies.

I've found that I can grow a lot in the shadier parts of my garden if I pick early-maturing varieties. Things will still grow, but more slowly, and probably won't be quite as productive.