Got yards (not RR) ?

I don't have any scenery in place to show yet, but I sure like your horses & buggies.

Frank; your scenery is second to none.

We have eight blocks in our city, and in each block there is a backyard/courtyard.

Frank are all of your tenants deadbeats? I don't see a hint of a lawn mower.

Fabulous work as always. It looks totally real.

Grandma's garden:

Jim

Got yards?

No, can’t be bothered taking up precious real-estate away from the railroad ROW.

Trains over rule any extra land.

My man is on it, Bill!

He'll be over to do Frank's as soon as he finishes here (unless the "call of the hammock" and the glass of lemonade stops him).

Jim

Thanks Jim. Maybe you could hire him out to the rest of us. It looks like he is thorough.

I expect that Frank is going to have to get a goat for the yard with the barrels.

Great scenes by everyone.

Most of the yards behind the structures on my layout are busy places...

Back behind the Better Brooms house....

Well, if you liked those, and if threads like this one give you ideas, how 'bout these...

FrankM.

Can you suggest a source for the horse and buggies?  They're really nice.

There is only one source for those buggies, which you are welcome to have. I have them custom-made for me by: Roy Baker, of BakersRailroadShop. I believe his website is temporarily down, so I will give you his phone number: 1-845-887-4596. You can tell him Frank ofLayout Refinements referred you to him.

He and I have called them his "Amish" or "Mennonite" carriages, as a reference, since Roy went directly into Lancaster, PA to research them when I had first mentioned the idea to him, some years ago, using some vans he carries as inspiration and a starting point. They are entirely metal.

He sells the horses, too, which he imports and hand-paints, including the proper harnesses/rigging, etc.

You may want to note that one model is 2-axeled and one, like this one featured here, is 1-axeled.

He is my sole source for the "Amish-style" figures, too, which he hand-paints and designed himself.

FrankM.

Thanks for the extra pictures and the source for getting one. I may look into one of these when I get a little further along with my layout. They are very nice and from your description, made of metal also. Can't beat that. The horses (and figures) are very nice too and the look like just the proper size for the buggies. Roy is a true craftsman, as are many of the others around here.

We also have some Amish and/or Mennonite communities north of here between us (K.C. area) and the Iowa border. They sell furniture and other things that they make. They are very good craftsmen themselves.

Gotta add this thread to my "saved threads" folder!   Stunning work everyone!

--Greg

Here's around the farm house and produce stand .

Guy

 Company housing.      Tom B

I agree with you,Greg; I'm also saving these photos of yards by - and my Thanks to - the following for contributing their photos and ideas:

Jim Policastro; mwb; WigvilleRR; boxcoupler; PassengerTrainCollector.

And Thank you to: Bill Webb (I know I have lawnmowers somewhere, or maybe they got tucked under decks, like my real-life one is); Spence; SIRT; & Greg Houser for your comments.

My thanks, also, to: AZGARY; PassengerTrainCollector; Spence; Chugman; JDaddy;OGR Ad Man; dk122trains; Bill Webb; Texastrain; trainroomgary;Khayden93; N5C Jonny; Greg Houser; Spectac;

for your "Likes" of my postings in and of this thread.

Much appreciated!

FrankM.

Well, here's another that's not easy to see now that it's installed on the layout, but.....

Another garden.

Barn Yard

Here is a small scene from my club. The picture is not the greatest but It's summer and Bar-B-Que and backyard pools are in season.

This has been most enjoyable seeing all the yards posted here so far. The variety in the creativity is refreshing, isn't it.

Here are a few more of my yards...

This one was inspired by a business I noticed in Lancaster, PA...

So many great idea's. So little time

My thanks additionally to these voices who posted "likes" since my last posting of appreciation:

Old Uncle Al; Bill Webb; TrainsRMe; PassengerTrainCollector; aznjbill.

Thank you!

And for variety and a few smiles, here are a some more yards - back and side yards...