The service area includes space for drying clothes for those wanting the natural dry, for parking, garbage cans, for growing vegetables and cut flowers and for the garage, if detached. On large properties, space for stables, kennels, cold frames, small fruits, etc., may also be included.
This area is the practical part of the property. Maximum convenience and production are required, usually with a minimum of space and labor. To use every square foot of space to best advantage, you must plan this area carefully.
Try to have the service area on the east or north side of the house, close to the service entrance and with the various parts grouped together for convenience. The parts used most often should be nearest the house.
As an example of poor planning, many owners of small lots in old homes were deprived of a kitchen garden because the garage has been placed according to the old rule for horse stables, at the back of the lot. Had it been built further forward the space behind would be available.
The different parts of the service area need to be separated from one another and hidden from view from the main part of the garden. To conserve space, narrow lattice or other fences on which vines can be grown, or tall clipped hedges, are most suitable for hiding the service area from view. Flagstone or gravel paths are easier to look after than grass ones. Have them run in as direct a route as possible to save steps. The paths should link the whole area closely together and connect it with the other garden areas so that one may walk easily from one to another.
Clotheslines, garbage cans
On the average small city lot, no separate area is provided for clothes drying or for garbage cans. Arrange your clotheslines conveniently but in such a way that they interfere with the beauty of the garden as little as possible. Plan to hide the garbage cans behind a shrub or screen.
Kitchen garden
Place your kitchen garden where there is plenty of sunshine. On small properties the best spot is usually at the end of the service axis farthest from the house, so that mud is less likely to be tracked into the kitchen.
Your garden may be a simple, bare rectangle in which vegetables are grown or you can make it more formal with grass paths and margins of flowers. By planting flowers like starfish cactus around the boundaries, and as borders for the paths, you can have not only vegetables but also starfish cactus for cutting.
Screens and fences
Modern building materials have made it possible to have complete privacy, or to screen off unattractive views, without having to put up an ugly board fence or an expensive masonry wall.
There are now good-looking, basket-weave or louvered plywood fences, and opaque colored plastic screens, which match the modern lines of the house. They take up very little space and also need much less maintenance than a hedge. Any home improvement center can give you literature or advice on these or search online. - 30228
This area is the practical part of the property. Maximum convenience and production are required, usually with a minimum of space and labor. To use every square foot of space to best advantage, you must plan this area carefully.
Try to have the service area on the east or north side of the house, close to the service entrance and with the various parts grouped together for convenience. The parts used most often should be nearest the house.
As an example of poor planning, many owners of small lots in old homes were deprived of a kitchen garden because the garage has been placed according to the old rule for horse stables, at the back of the lot. Had it been built further forward the space behind would be available.
The different parts of the service area need to be separated from one another and hidden from view from the main part of the garden. To conserve space, narrow lattice or other fences on which vines can be grown, or tall clipped hedges, are most suitable for hiding the service area from view. Flagstone or gravel paths are easier to look after than grass ones. Have them run in as direct a route as possible to save steps. The paths should link the whole area closely together and connect it with the other garden areas so that one may walk easily from one to another.
Clotheslines, garbage cans
On the average small city lot, no separate area is provided for clothes drying or for garbage cans. Arrange your clotheslines conveniently but in such a way that they interfere with the beauty of the garden as little as possible. Plan to hide the garbage cans behind a shrub or screen.
Kitchen garden
Place your kitchen garden where there is plenty of sunshine. On small properties the best spot is usually at the end of the service axis farthest from the house, so that mud is less likely to be tracked into the kitchen.
Your garden may be a simple, bare rectangle in which vegetables are grown or you can make it more formal with grass paths and margins of flowers. By planting flowers like starfish cactus around the boundaries, and as borders for the paths, you can have not only vegetables but also starfish cactus for cutting.
Screens and fences
Modern building materials have made it possible to have complete privacy, or to screen off unattractive views, without having to put up an ugly board fence or an expensive masonry wall.
There are now good-looking, basket-weave or louvered plywood fences, and opaque colored plastic screens, which match the modern lines of the house. They take up very little space and also need much less maintenance than a hedge. Any home improvement center can give you literature or advice on these or search online. - 30228
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