LOL. I realized I left them out there after I stitched those photos together. I live in a north side neighborhood of Chicago where buildings are very close together. My place has no yard whatsoever; every square foot of land was built on. When I moved here my garden was a 60 foot by
6 foot parkway (the land between the sidewalk and street) which was all lawn. I converted the grass into a wildflower garden and planted some trees. Over the years the trees grew very large and a Rose of Sharon hedge took over the parkway.A couple of years ago I reinforced the garage for a wildflower garden on the roof. The space is 12' x 20' (240 sq ft) and I try to squeeze as many plants up there as possible. There are 2 8'x2'x1' that are for wildflowers and the rest are individual containers for herbs, veggies, flowers, vines, etc. Last summer I had 4 tomato plants up there but they take up too much space and work watering so I'm going with rosemary and sage in those planters this summer. I'm researching a way to start a couple of trees up there but I'm not sure how big of a planter they'll need.
Although I really love living in the city, I miss having a yard with good sun.
BTW: If any> > > A mere six or eight inches snow shuts down the town, which is pretty