A modest community orchard was planted with mere saplings on a high clearing at Camp Madron in 1989. One solitary house site happened to be available, looking onto it. The thought was to make a similarly modest porch to enjoy it, with a very simple house attached behind and on top of a porch. Carpenter built, we recall the hand-drawn set was 4 sheets, delivered for just over 100 bucks a foot in the early 90’s. All standard windows, vertically sided in wood, we were channeling Sea Ranch and Bill Turnbull, and the local farm buildings around.
The owners, a couple, saw it as an agent for attracting friends and conviviality, not an asset. It’s been well used by many many through the years, and the orchard, now laden with fruit.