The ground under the house has been compacted and made a bit higher than the area around the house, the soil is prevented from seeping away by edgings which in colonial times were made of bottles planted into the ground bottom-up.
The ground under the house has been compacted and made a bit higher than the area around the house, the soil is prevented from seeping away by edgings. These edgings in colonial times were made of bottles. These bottles were planted into the ground bottom-up.