Most of the time it’s best, and most cost effective do make the intelligent choice. That is, if you know what the likely outcome of something is, you can (should?) make your choices and decisions with those ideas in mind. Following this wisdom, I probably should have pulled up most of the plants in my garden and transported them to the new flower/garden bed. After all, the main garden gets good light from about 10 am until 3 or so, and about 1/4th of it is always in the shade. The new bed/garden gets good light pretty much all day long.
I could have saved a few bucks by moving all my herbs/plants from the old garden to the new one, but instead I spent 30 bucks or so and got mooooorreeee stuff. My logic: This is the first year in my new house and I can see just how well, or how poorly the plants do. I’ll set this year up as a “learning experience” so that I know what to plant there next year. So even if my first garden fails, I don’t mind. I have all the stuff I need in the new garden, and next year I’ll know how to set it up right. 
Here is the new finished bed.
You can see the shade problem with the old bed.
Here is the post about the first garden clicky
More on projects I’ve worked on around the house here
I would of done the same thing.