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How Much Sunlight is needed to start a garden

16 years ago

I would like to do a square foot garden behind my house and currently I am only getting about 4 hours of sunlight/day. Later in the season I will get 8-12 hours of sunlight on the garden area. How much sunlight is needed to start a garden? Will this be enough for a vegetable garden? What crops will grow best in this environment?

Any tips are greatly appreciated.

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ribbit32004
16 years ago
6-8 is best, but I can do everything except peppers and tomatoes in mine with 5 hours.
engineeredgarden
16 years ago
I'm with ribbit, and she ceratainly has good judgement with the minimal sunlight needed....

EG
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ribbit32004
16 years ago
HA! EG, I sure have bemoaned my lack of sunlight enough, haven't I? :)

Here is a link that might be useful: The Corner Yard
engineeredgarden
16 years ago
ribbit - yes, and even cut a large tree down. heh.

EG

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