A-House;
B-Stable; D-Henery; C-Manure Pit; SY-Stable Yard; H-Hot-beds;
G-Dwarf Fruit-trees; N-Drying-yard; F-Raspberries, along one
side of which is a Grape Arbor covering the walk; L and
L-Entrances. Currants and other small fruits are planted around
the outside border.
Yesterday’s
country homeowners took full advantage of their land. They
filled their property with orchards, kitchen gardens, park-like
landscapes, game fields, and countless types of outbuildings.
Here's a sample of how sites were planned.
This
garden has the appearance of a much larger place than it really
is; in fact, the plan could be applied to a place of ten or more
acres just as well as to a limited space. The most is done to
conceal the narrow limits, and leave one to guess how far one
may be from the end of it when one is no more than ten feet from
the well-concealed fence; at the same time, all the secondary
buildings, such as barns, stables, etc., are very close to the
main house, though they are entirely out of sight.
Site Plan from George E.
Woodward’s 1867 book Cottages and Farm Houses
Improve Your Country Property
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