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