Bustan (garden)
Bustan (Persian: بوستان; Arabic: بُسْتَان; Hebrew: בוסתן) is an agricultural garden—a farm near the house which includes fruit trees, vegetable seedlings, shrubs, and spices. The word in Persian means "a place of smell" in English. Use of the word probably began during the Muslim empire and is equivalent to using the words gene and pardes in Jewish sources. Orchards were built usually near water, so common in the Middle East is characterized by a minority of rainfall.
In modern orchards, irrigation systems are designed to have efficient consumption of water, and they include aids such as computers and pipettes. Computers can determine the time of irrigation, the irrigation time, and the amount of water for each area in the garden. For example, irrigation can be done at night, preventing evaporation of water.
Orchard is a fenced compound because it contains fruits and vegetables. If trees were planted around the orchard, it would provide protection from winds, which may harm the trees.
With good planning, one can gather vegetables and fruit from an orchard that could satisfy the needs of the family during the year. Sometimes it can be grown on an area of trees, shrubs, and vegetables—depending on the nature of the ground, which determines its possible utilization.
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