Question

1. In our climate (southeast), how far away from a house should a 30 foot windbreak be planted? In what compass direction from the house should it be planted? A simple diagram is acceptable.

Answer 1

Windbreak plants accomplish an special function by covering an area from the harmful effects of wind, it reduces the speed of the wind. The windbreak barrier shall be planted facing the wind direction. The area covered by the windbreak goes 5 times the height of the windbreak. In this case our windbreak is 30 feet, so the coverage goes up to 150 feet, but they most be located at least 50 feet away from any bulding. So the house can locate either at 50 feet away from the barrier or around 150 foot away, or every distance in between, as long as it doesn't exceeeds the mamaximum 150 feet and minimum 50.

Now, in the southeast the winds tend to go from west to east in direction to the Atlantic ocean, so the diagram is: