I'm loving the "green curtain" that I finally got going this year.. It only really came in during the second half of the heatwave, but, better late than never.. And now that I see how to do it, to use an old cage-box to protect the new shoots form the chickens, I'll be able to do it quicker next year. And if I can leave it long enough, and the typhoons don't kill the plants, this whole area will be covered in Morning Glory seeds and I won't have to plant seeds or transplant seedlings. I'll just cover a place with chicken wire and let the plants work themselves up to the roof. I should prepare tough screw eyelets instead of tying the palm string (しゅろ縄) to the rain-gutter nails. While listening to the typhoon winds I was imaging the cutters getting pulled down..
Here's another photo of the Green Curtain taken from just outside the house, while standing next to one of the the sliding-door windows. I hope most of these vines(? plants) recover from the typhoon.