Yes I have been looking at that winter harvest book on Amazon- looks cool. But there will be NO greenhouse here in the immediate future. This garden is costing us a fortune to have dug, topsoiled, and fenced. DH is now making plans for some needed other house repairs such as foundation wall repair and new driveway....so greenhouse ideas (even mini ones) cannot even be considered for a couple of years.
I'm just thrilled to get this wonderful fenced garden laid out as it is! It's a real dream garden for me.
What we might do is actually make a few cold frames for fun- DH has even been talking about ideas for cold frames- so I know he may be interested in helping do that.

Mudmucker, I can see that you do get limited sun there- that would definitely limit your growing season. I can totally understand your not wanting to cut trees down though.

I realize from looking at the photos of my new garden that the camera is somewhat distorting size. The cars to the right look like they are right next to the garden and they are dwarfed by the garden....but in reality the cars are much further away, down a slope that you don't see in the photo. Same with the shed in the background- it's further away than it looks. Thus the garden looks strangely huge next to the cars and the shed. Our lot is about 1/3 of an acre total- bigger than some, smaller than others.
It's a nice roomy garden- but hardly monstrous. Already I've run out of planting space in my planning daydreams!

Today I cooked Swiss chard from the old little garden. We had broiled salmon for dinner, and I stir fried the chard in a bit of sesame oil and sprinkled with a seasoning mix of sesame seeds & 'sea vegetables' (meaning seaweed i suppose!). It was oriental tasting and very good with the salmon. It's amazing how twenty gigantic chard leaves will cook down in no time to two normal servings of greens. I love the little crunchy chopped bright red and yellow chard stems in amongst the dark green leaves.

Oakleaf- it sounds like maybe an electric fence might be something worth considering for your situation? Perhaps just two wires near the top? I don't know much about it, but seems like an idea to look into?