Will my new garden get any sun? NE facing with pics

L1900

I am in the process of buying a house with a NE facing garden, everything else was just right about the house and my partner prefers the shade and also thinks when we have kids they can play out safely in the garden.

I am just wondering if I will see any sun. I have attached google earth image but not sure what time of year it is - can see about 9ft (nearly) of sunny area at the back of the garden.

Can I expect much in the way of sun?

I have tried to attach links - but it won't let me as new user. Will try and post pics in a reply.

L1900

http

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It will not let me. If anyone has the time please look at the links. I have separated them so as to let me post.

TCB1

It depends how big it is and what is around it.

I have a north east facing garden and it gets plenty of sun in the summer. My garden is very long (120 foot) and it has sun in a part of it all day, the end of the day is at the bottom.

Davesnave

http://i1332.photobucket.com/albums/w619/L1900/House-earth_zpsa58861bf.jpg


http://i1332.photobucket.com/albums/w619/L1900/garden_zpsb05310fc.jpg

The time of year is probably afternoon in May.

That garden will receive early morning sun, but with the garages to the west it looks as if evening sun will be limited. I'm assuming the monolith next door is garages, but if it's two storey, then that will make things much worse.

You will have sun on the front of the house for most of the day, however, and in summer most of the garden will get some sun in the middle of the day.

In the end, it's down to what you yourselves find most important. I'm a gardener, so if the garden was 120' long, like the previous poster's, the aspect wouldn't worry me much, but as it isn't, it would.

jetplane

I haven't looked at your links but there will be no sun unless your garden is bigger than the shadow of your house. Like a previous poster my daughter has a N facing back garden but it is so long that she has plenty of sun in the second half of the garden but the part close to the house is permanently in the shade.

custardy

No chance of buying some of that land to the rear?

L1900

Thanks v much!

I'm not a gardener but if you look at links you can see grass does grow and some hardy looking plants so enough for me to have some green space. And that pic is from this month.

I was just hopeful I might have some sun to sit in...especially in the summer.

The garages to the west are luckily single storey with flat roofs.

The land at the back is council owned so no chance to buy

I thought this pic might be summer and that patch at the back would be my lot...but if that's around may I think I could cope with the patch.

Davesnave

L1900 wrote: »

I thought this pic might be summer and that patch at the back would be my lot...but if that's around may I think I could cope with the patch.

Some of the trees haven't come into leaf, while others have, so that suggests some time in May. By late June, even the oaks have leafed-up.

Tiglath

TCB1 wrote: »

It depends how big it is and what is around it.

I have a north east facing garden and it gets plenty of sun in the summer. My garden is very long (120 foot) and it has sun in a part of it all day, the end of the day is at the bottom.

Same here. The left side of the bottom half gets very little sun because there are very large trees a couple of gardens down; we've turned that part into a shady woodland bed. The right side gets enough sun through the day to grow things like sweetcorn and raspberries. The patio probably does best of all later in the day and can be very pleasant indeed in the afternoon.

L1900

My total lack of tree knowledge!! Thanks everyone. I always end up viewing these forums but have never asked a question before.

Kynthia

I have a short north facing garden at the moment, but as there's nothing blocking the light around the sides or end of the garden we get sun all afternoon and evening. It's great for lazy afternoon barbecues.