1. Why are South Facing Slopes Beneficial?

2. South Facing Slopes More direct sunlight(especially in winter)
Gets sun earlier in the morning
Often protected from prevailing NW winds
Soil warms up faster in the spring and stays warmer longer in the fall
Adds 2 or 3 weeks to each end of the gardening season.
Every degree of slope to the south is like moving your garden south to a lower latitude
Straight Ahead Organic, Shep Ogden, 1999

3. South Facing Slope, NW winds
North Facing Slope, NW winds
Straight Ahead Organic, Shep Ogden, 1999 p. 17

4. An example of a Land Map 1=10’
Physical Features of a Farm Start With the Soil, by Grace Gershuny p. 14