
Our west wall is the highest because we had it built with the adjoining property owner and he wanted a tall wall. We were so happy that he was going to share the cost of the wall (very rare to be so lucky) that we went along with his wishes. Most of the rest of our muro (fence) is low with decorative open ironwork.

I've tried starting some shade tolerant tropical vines from seeds for two of the windows but haven't had any luck with them germinating.


I was afraid the vines wouldn't get enough light to bloom well since they are shaded by the house all morning and by the wall most of the afternoon, but they have finally taken off and have started blooming. It's such a joy to look out the window and see the flowers!
This is the bed below and if you look closely, you can see the Ramón and Conchita out doing their chicken work.
