The patio is in the back and very shaded. However, our house faces due South. Are you thinking some plants in the windows?!
The patio is in the back and very shaded. However, our house faces due South. Are you thinking some plants in the windows?!
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Absolutely. I have a southwest facing patio door that is producing a lot of stuff even in the winter. Right now I have a lemon tree that has yielded 6 lemons, and has about 15 marble sized new lemons started as well as a bunch of blossoms which smell great.
I have two pepper plant with 9 sweet bells growing, and some lettuce and spinach sprouting, and some basil. Last year I also grew cherry tomatoes. Some plants will require longer days in the winter, and for those you can use a high intensity grow light for a couple of hours after the sun goes down in the winter.
I am considering adding a garden window over my kitchen sink which faces the same direction. They make windows that can be installed in an existing window, and it is sort of like a mini greenhouse, and would be so convenient at the sink for growing herbs that I use cooking.
Lucky you to have window(s) facing south.