Unless you're growing something special as a pure crop I wouldn't be over worried by pH. Worth knowing and considering but it hasn't stopped me growing things over the years. I've happily grown raspberries that like it mildly acid on very chalky soil and brassicas on acid soil for example. Having said that looking round to see what grows best locally is always worth doing.
We're at the time of year where all the unshot local pheasants have moved into our garden and fields. They love our scrubby woodland edges and wide hedges. The cover that they most love is the humble bramble. The stems arch over the ground forming tunnels and many of the stems still have leaves. They also love the bracken where it grows through the brambles and other plants and the old stems are not flattened in winter.
