No enclosed back porch. I have 2 back yard patios. One is on the first level with patio doors from Great Room to the patio.
The lower level has a walk out basement. With a patio from the family room/computer area.
So until our purchase of a “lean to” greenhouse in 2017, we just grew what we could in front of the sliding glass doors of the patio.
Here’s a link to the pic of the green house that TubeBender posted for me:
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3667189/posts?page=65#65
Since it was put in on an existing patio, we were limited as to what we could do. Main problem for winter use is that Mo. gets too cold and the greenhouse has basically no insulation. An enclosed back porch would resolve that here’s a concept link - think wider and tile floor-http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3603640/posts?page=20#20
In addition, after putting in the greenhouse we extended our patio using red patio pavers link here: http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3669028/posts?page=60#60
Is it still brown or is it starting to green up yet where you are?
It's gorgeous here, lush and green and I read an article the other day about how the California "bloom" of wildflowers is actually visible from space!
https://www.space.com/satellite-spies-wildflower-superbloom-california.html
Too bad it's going to be all crunchy and brown in a couple of months.
I'm dreading fire season. Hopefully there won't be any bad ones this year with fatalities and whatnot.