Nan,
Plenty of sunshine was high on our list of requirements when we were looking. We liked many other houses that were in very wooded areas (and beautiful), but too shaded. It would have cost a fortune to cut enough trees for a garden, and still with limited results -why bother?
This property is clear enough. The tree line runs north/south, and is to the East (sun rises behind them). The long leg of the L runs east-west. The entire plot would have full sun after 9am in the spring/summer, until sundown (after 6 pm). So at least 8 hrs plus.
I am thinking of a series of boxes, shallow, with walkways between them. VERY low tech sketch (not to size, dimensions TBD) below
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The top right point labelled W (water) is the corner of the house. There's a faucet and exposed water pipes there for the in-ground sprinklers. I'll tap into it to run poly lines for drip irrigation.