An explaination of some of the crop planting which was done when the Stratford Plantation was The home of the Lees of Virginia.
The money crop which enriched the Lees was tobacco. These demonstration plots show how the various crops were planted and rotated in the early days of the country. Especially interesting was the way corn was sometimes done by planting in hills, beans were then planted and allowed to grow up the cornstalks as their support, THEN gourd plants such as winter squashs and pumpkins were also planted in the same hills! Take a close look at the sign and learn about early days farming.
As with all of the caches located at Stratford Hall, we have permission (and encouragement) to place caches on this property. Also, as mentioned in others, there is normally an entrance fee to tour the grounds and a slightly higher fee is one wants to tour the house. On the Fourth of July (and a few other days) the fee is not enforced. It is well worth the visit.