Tuesday 1 July 2014
A back yard
(or backyard) is a yard at the
back of a house, common in suburban developments in the Western world. In
cold-weather regions, it is economical in low land value regions to use open
land surrounding a house for vegetable gardening during summers and allowing
strongly demanded sunlight to enter house windows from a low horizon angle
during winters. As land value increases, houses are built nearer to each other.
In order to preserve some of the open land, house owners may choose to allow
construction on the side land of their houses, but not build in front of or
behind their house in order to preserve some remnants of open surrounding land.
The back area is known as the back yard. The front area is known as the front
yard. Source
