Getting the Right Amount of Sunlight for Your Garden

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The ideal spot for a garden is one with southern exposure. Here the sun lies warm all day long. When the garden has this type of sun exposure, the rows of flowers should run north and south. Thus placed, the plants receive the sun’s rays all morning on the eastern side, and all afternoon on the western side. This way, you are less likely to have any lopsided plants.

Suppose the garden faces southeast. In this case the western sun is out of the problem. In order to get the best distribution of sunlight run the rows northwest and southeast.

The idea is to get the most sunlight as evenly distributed as possible for the longest period of time. From the lopsided growth of window plants it is easy enough to see the effect on plants of poorly distributed light.

Keeping in mind that you wish the sun to shine part of the day on one side of the plants and part on the other, you can sort out any situation. The southern exposure gives the ideal case because the sun gives half time nearly to each side. A northern exposure may mean an almost entire cut-off from sunlight; while northeastern and southwestern places always get uneven distribution of sun’s rays, no matter how carefully this is planned.�