Beginner Gardening: Full Sun, 1 by zhinu

zhinu wrote:
I have a West facing house. I want to put an herb garden in up against the house. So it gets morning sun dawn to around 1pm. I have another area that I want to do cut flower and ornamentals that is up against the back fence. I need to check, but it seems it starts getting sun around 11am till a couple hours before dark (when the house shadow covers it), with a corner that is the first to get sun and the last to lose it. I have trouble with the grass in that corner. Then I have a small side area that is shaded for all but an hour or two a day.

The picture is the diagram of plantable area in my yard. The top is North. The unmarked center area is patio and lawn. Which I would love to get rid of, but I rent so I can't change the basics that are there. I can add plants if I pay for them and do container gardening as long as it doesn't kill the grass. The back edges are fence or house. The East and South beds are raised beds held in with cement blocks. The West beds are really undefined, dirt then grass. The line depending on how well I've been edging and weeding. The long sides (East and South) are approx. 38' 9" and 39' 6" respectively. The picture was originally done on graph paper close to scale.