Zones and homestead layout

In short

• What you visit every day goes closest to the house; what you visit once a year goes furthest away.
• Place every element so it gives something to its neighbour: hens to compost, compost to garden, roof to tank.
• Well and spring always uphill and away from the barn, muck heap and septic tank.
• Make three layouts on paper and peg out the best before you build anything.
• Leave room to grow: in five years the homestead won't look like it does today.

What's inside

Chapters

1. The zone principle
2. What goes where
3. Connections between elements
4. Distances for health and safety
5. When the terrain spoils the zones
6. Layout by size of holding
7. The yard and the daily round
8. Livestock on the map
9. From map to layout
10. Common mistakes
11. Printable checklist

Worksheets

• How far you walk in a year
• Connection matrix
• List of elements
• Movement log
• Comparing layouts
• A year of setting up the layout
• Layout sketches