Are you home in the sunlight hours?
I have seen people plant entire gardens on wheels for just this reason.

Perhaps the trees can't go as you wish to keep them for the noise barrier
but is there any reason you can not replace them with a taller more slender
tree? More and more people are starting to plant bamboo trees (okay so it's
more like a grass that gets REAL TALL) for just this reason. They grow
thick and dense, yet straight up. I don't know how serious you are about
gardening, but my neighbor loves walnut trees and planted them so dense he
had to move his garden to the roof of his house. He was a carpenter and
added some real nice looking systems up there bordered with rain gutters and
heavy duty plastic under the plants to force the excess water to run into
the gutter systems back down to the ground. It's almost English Cottage
looking in the summer because his roof is ablaze with plants. Not my cup of
tea but it does look nice not cluttered.

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"Cindy" wrote in message
. ..
I live in an area that is loaded with shade. I live in the city on a high
traffic road. The trees can't go. The only sunny spots are in the front,
on
the hill next to the road. Isn't there *any* way I can grow something? My
backyard, where I want to grow things, has only spotty sunlight that moves
throughout the day. There isn't a spot that has full sun, period. Are
there
any suggestions on what I can do, outside of using a community garden? The
community garden is out.

I truly hope someone has some good suggestions.

TIA!

Cindy