How to independently equip a plot of 6 acres

The arrangement of a summer cottage of 6 acres is complicated by the fact that it is difficult to place everything you need in such a small area. In order for the territory to be comfortable for you, you need to combine both comfortable furniture and beautiful decorative elements. You will learn how to do this in this article.

If you have a small personal plot next to your house, you can do a lot of interesting things with it. The main thing is to make full use of every free square meter. In a small area, you can create a place with your own hands where it will be pleasant to spend time both alone with yourself and in a noisy company of friends. Even a small square of land can be arranged so that there will be something to do on it for both young children and experienced gardeners.

True, before you start decorating a summer cottage, you need to take into account all its features. If you have never been gardening and do not know anything about working with the land, then it is best to immediately seek professional help.

If there is not much free space near the house, then it can be used for arranging a beautiful garden. The trees planted next to the house will not only decorate the territory, but also protect your building from strong winds or snowfalls. You can give preference to ornamental plants, or choose fruiting plants, which will additionally delight you with fresh fruits or berries in spring and autumn.

Beautiful sprawling trees will also create shade., which means that in this place you can arrange a dining area with a comfortable table and beautiful wicker chairs. H

If you plan to grow some heat-loving bushes or trees, then it is worth remembering that such plants should be hidden from the hot sun. An example of such a plant is the grape bush. For a beautiful plant to delight you with a harvest, plant it on the south side of the site, but not in direct sunlight. This way you will grow bushes and get a rich harvest of sweet, tasty berries.

Together with trees and bushes, herbs or spices can also be grown. This can be done in backyard beds. A more unusual and interesting option is to use boxes or wicker baskets for growing home herbs. They can be installed on tables, terraces or even suspended.

On the free plots that remain after the entire territory has already been equipped, you can grow shrubs that do not require additional care. For example, currants or raspberries.

Even in a small area, you can equip a beautiful flower bed. Such flower beds can have classic shapes, or more unusual and eye-catching ones.

It all depends on what style you have chosen for your small site:

• Most often, when landscaping the territory, simple round flower beds or beds are used. They look the most tidy. Round shapes, ellipses, and ovals can be used. All of these options are equally well suited for arranging a small area.If you are ready to spend money and time on arranging your site, then you can decorate the area with color circles or multi-layered alpine slides that bloom at different times of the year.

• However, such an option as decorating the territory with free-form flower beds is no less popular. They look more natural and take less time to set up. You can plant plants in ornate paths, circles, spirals, and so on. For this, you can use expensive exotic plants, and even vegetables or herbs.
• For example, beets, carrots or parsley, which look interesting in themselves, will look beautiful if you plant them in spiral beds in your area. The flowerbeds can be left unenclosed or decorated with a low wicker fence, or surrounded by stones. It all depends on what style you design your territory for.

To decorate the territory next to the house, you can use furniture, decorative elements, and gifts of nature:

• So that after a long day at work you have the opportunity to rest, on the territory next to the house, you can arrange several benches or a small gazebo with wicker chairs inside. If over time the gazebo or benches are surrounded by living plants or entwine the vineyard, do not rush to fight nature. On the contrary, use it as your advantage and perceive it as an exclusive decoration of the site.

Stylish statues, wicker baskets or boxes of flowers will also be useful. They are of little use, but even one box or a gnome figure installed on the site will already decorate it and make it more fabulous and charming.

To place all the necessary decorative details in one area, you need to follow certain rules:

• First of all, it is undesirable to dissect the site with straight lines. This applies primarily to tracks that should not be too clear. On a small plot, narrow paths look better, which look like they are a natural part of the garden, rather than something you have created.
• In addition, when designing such a small area, you need to plan everything clearly in advance and depict it on paper or a computer. This will allow you to accurately determine the amount of materials you need, and with costs, and with how many functional areas you will divide your space into.

Most designers advise against dividing the space of a small area into separate zones. In addition, it is completely undesirable to limit each separate zone, and the entire site as a whole, with clear boundaries. This limits the space and makes it visually smaller, which the owners of an already small territory do not want at all.

If you want to use some kind of fencing, then it is better to choose a mesh option or a wicker fence that will not even reach your waist. The fencing of light colors from suitable materials looks best. And if a monochromatic fence with the same texture around the entire perimeter seems too boring to you, then you can decorate the fence with some kind of hanging trifles or even artificial flowers.

If it seems to you that on a plot of six acres you will have nowhere to roam, do not worry. There are many simple and inexpensive ideas for decorating the territory of such a site. Let's look at several options that are suitable for arranging the area next to the village house, and for decorating the area next to a beautiful cottage.

The best way out of the situation is to arrange a small area where you can have picnics in the warm season. Fresh air is what always stimulates the appetite and lifts the mood.Almost everyone likes to go out with friends to nature from time to time in order to fry kebabs in the fresh air.

It will be enough just to go out into the backyard and light a fire there.

To equip such a zone, you do not need anything other than a neat barbecue or a compact barbecue oven. It will be convenient to cook both meat and vegetables for your family and friends.

Next to the barbecue or stove, you can arrange a place where you can sit with friends. Since there is not enough space on such a site for a wide gazebo, you have to make do with chairs and a table. You can find beautiful wicker chairs or simple plastic chairs, depending on your budget.

A win-win option is to use the free space next to the house to arrange a garden. If you are not particularly fond of gardening and are not sure that you will be able to keep the entire site in order, then it is better to plant unpretentious perennials on it that will grow by themselves.

It can be simple flowers, and bushes like thuja, and low trees. You can dilute this natural diversity with bushes of currants, raspberries, honeysuckle, gooseberries or strawberries, which will not only bring you aesthetic satisfaction, but will also delight you with fresh fruits or berries on a regular basis.

Almost all kids dream of the opportunity to run and frolic in the open air. If you have a private home, you can equip even a small plot for the needs of your child. On a small playground, you can place different swings, garden figurines or even a beautifully designed sandbox. The area with sand can be overlaid with stones so that this material does not scatter throughout the territory.

As you can see, a small area does not limit imagination at all, but, on the contrary, makes it possible to show all your creative inclinations and decorate the site in the most unusual way. On an area of ​​six acres, you can install both a small swing and several neat flower beds, fenced with small cobblestones. It all depends on your needs, imagination and budget.

For information on where to start the design of a summer cottage, see the next video.