The space is about 10 ft wide (from the sidewalk to the house) and about 15 feet long (from the porch to the end of that wall). No, that isn't the street, that is the driveway, the street is all up hill from this area, the whole front yard is slightly sloped toward the house but the sidewalk helps to divert it toward the driveway area some. I never have standing water around the house, it drains well.
I could never keep chickens here, there are too many coyotes/fox and my house is only about 50 ft from a rural black top, I am not in city limits, but we have a city park down the road from us so we have alot of traffic. Don't chicken eat your plants/flowers? I plan on growing different things, iris, lambs ear, alliums, phlox, zinias, daylilies, and some small hydrangeas and a hardy hibiscus are all in the plan. Here is a photo of the area planted up before we started doing the siding and rework.
