ok when comeing from front this is right side of house.. probly a better place for gardening no AC fan thing to look out for but the run off as you can see the darkgreen to the dryed out... which shows water drains down into their yard. and yes we water we have sprinklerthingy on so forth... and under that brownness is the cracked earth showing water drained and sun heated it up splitting it. if did place garden here i be out there watering it constantly like 2 to 3 times a day possibly... if did directly tilled but if did post garden bed can probly pull it off. ... then if water alot constantly then that could cause shifting in land around foundation and so forth cracking and all that.