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Here's where I'll include Landscaping ideas for your property.
In the meantime, the "scoop" was an early piece of
landscaping and digging equipment...

The Levelling-Box or Scoop
It may move along upon its mouth, smoothing the
surface till it reaches the ploughed soil, when, by a sudden pull of a rope attached to
one of the handles, it regains its working position. In all these movements the horses are
not stopped, but proceed from one place to another as directed, while the box is filling
and emptying in constant succession.
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