JoJo -- Succession plan for the vegetable patch

Ok, so technically, the vegetables could go anywhere interplanted with other stuff, but this plan is for the sunniest part of the yard where I think most of the non-berry plants and non-fruit trees will grow best.

I learned that most vegetables need slightly acidic soil, which I know I have in this area because we have blueberry bushes there that grow very well. All of the plants I chose (listed below) like slightly acidic soil.

After hours of research through a diverse stack of gardening books, here's what I have for the vegetable patch:

Pacific Wax Myrtle: fixes nitrogen, easy to trim back for fence maintenance or if it blocks the view of the creek, berries for birds, native to this area, an appropriate height that will, hopefully, visually counterbalance the trees on the other side of this part of the yard, evergreen = attractive year round and can be used by birds for cover.

Salal: Edible berries, native, a nice height that creates an attractive line, host plant for butterflies and other insects, birds dig it, evergreen = attractive year round and can be used by birds for cover.

Butterfly bush: so not native but with many other properties that I couldn't pass up, including being a huge attractor for 3 kinds of beneficial insects and many kinds of pretty butterflies. It's a nice height for where I want to put it, has pretty flowers, and it's easy to grow -- which for me is not a small consideration.

Actually all of the plants I've chosen for this part of the yard say they are easy to grow here in Seattle. I admit to needing to have some success to stay motivated. You may remember that my saying that I dislike manual labor. A lot.

Yarrow: attracts butterflies and beneficial insects, long flowering season, perennial, native.

Clover: Fixes nitrogen, attract beneficial insects, ground cover that hopefully lowers the need for watering.

This one's a maybe, depending on space:
Red flowering currant: Native, pretty flowers early in the year, claims to have edible berries (I reserve the right to test that assertion -- blech), liked by hummingbirds and regular birds, host plant and food plant for butterflies. This plant might need drier soil than the others that I'm planting here, so I'm not sure if it will work.

Where, you may ask, are the vegetables?

Ah -- this is a succession plan for the vegetable patch. My plan is to get the soil in shape, continuing the work we started last year with the cover crop. I want to get the larger bushes and the clover established and get myself used to garden work. I'm sure it's possible that we could jump in, get the soil in shape another way and plant food for this year, but I'm being honest with myself. I just don't want to do that much work all at once. One thing at a time.

One thing I'm worried about with this plan is that there are a lot of plants that attract insects. Too many? I don't want to have dogs, friends, and family members covered in bug bites.