When you don't want to lose the view

But you need just a bit of privacy, you add very sheer sheers.

Or at least we did. We knew that removing the trees and massively overgrown bushes meant we would also lose the jungle feel and the green privacy all that overgrowth provided. But we wanted to preserve the view as much as possible. So I altered these sheers from IKEA to be essentially flat panels.

At some point, the red twig dogwoods we planted at the fence line may provide some privacy. Until then, it's IKEA again to the rescue. 

Gardeners come forth

Pay no attention to the time captions, I got messed up and had already saved the pictures with the incorrect text. The pictures start at about 10:30 AM and the last one was taken about 1PM. Obviously this is early April so we will get more sun in the patio later this summer, but never all day and never full sun in the entire patio.

What can I grow that we can eat? I have grown basil, thyme, rosemary and some flowers too, although none of the true sun piggies. Impatiens do really well in among the ivy. But I want tomatoes, dammit, or something like that. Is it a hopeless dream? Am I doomed to disappointment and failure?