Backyard Sun Tracker

v10 layout & field sun audit (July 22, 2026)

v10 note — the rotation: The food beds are now two columns along the NW wood fence (see the yard map). Column 1 (fence side): Main Bed (house end) flush end-to-end with Acid Bed (lake end). Column 2 (2.5 ft east of column 1): Berry Bed (house end, aligned with the Main Bed) + Acid Bed #2 (lake end). Acid Bed #2's cedar shell is built now with the others but parked under cardboard + wood chips; it gets its acid mix and plants in fall 2027.

Tomato row on the WEST fence edge: the only tall row sits on the west (fence-side) edge of the Main Bed, so its shadow falls north/northwest into the wood-chip working aisle — never onto other crops. Everything in column 2 stays pruned below 5-6 ft so it never morning-shades column 1.

Field-verified sun audit (photo series, 7/22/26): the NW bed columns are lit from ~7:30am through early evening = 10-11 summer hours; the SE fence line is shaded until ~9-10am then holds the last light at ≈ 8 hours — right for the Owari satsuma and the flower border; the whole yard is full sun midday. Where these observations disagree with the coarse computed estimates below, trust the field audit.