Would junk be in keeping with

Would junk be in keeping with the prototype? I don't recall any scenes of junk in the prototype photos you've shown previously. 

  "I'll be putting grass

Hi Dee,    First off , is there some reason the grass wouldn't grow there if it grows everywhere else? If it was my trailer I'd probably want a barbeque pit and a picnic table and chairs out there. Maybe a carport or canopy for shade, perhaps a work bench and storage shed for tools, a stack of firewood, a dirt bike, a dog house , etc. I could use a clothes line too. If I had kids a swing set or above ground wading pool would be nice....DaveB

As above ...

As above, plus a small garden.  Alternatively maybe a small hobby farm yard with a couple of goats or sheep, a horse and some chickens? A trout pond? A backyard mechanics paradise with a drive up ramp, some wrecks, a small barn/shed/shop?  Fisherman related ... net drying ...  or maybe a Small dairy ...

Collapsed Barn

How about a collapsed, falling in on itself barn or shed?  Maybe with blackberries or other brush growing over it.  I think Laser Art makes such a kit....

Al Carter, Mount Vernon, WA

YoHo, Daveb, and Mike, You

YoHo, Daveb, and Mike,

You guys are better than the Easter Bunny!

The only "junk" will be the cab of a Model T.

I'll put a harvested potato garden and a shed I forgot I had, as a wood shed.

On the side of the shed I'll hang some buoys.

Now I have to find a row boat of some sort.

Looks good to me.

Dee: As usual, you are on the right track. (pun intended). Just enough, not too much. You don't want it crowded. Almost an abandoned site. The car can simply be an older model. The one shown is OK for what era? IMHO if you make it more "populated", it might be out of place in such a remote area.

Morgan, This will be the only

Morgan,

This will be the only fella on this module.

The potato garden is in the making.

This is the colour of the soil I'll be aiming for.

You could put a semi dilapidated fence around some of garden,

you know, broken split rail or busted picket, with weeds and vines clinging to them.

Ooh, I Iike that idea,

Ooh, I Iike that idea, Mike.

I wonder what critters like digging up potatoes.

Old pump house and shed

In my area most of the vintage rural houses have a water tank of some sort associated with them. Commonly a pump house, a cistern or a tank house for the really old place. Even though your scene involves a mobile home the vestige of an earlier pump house/shed would be very appropriate. Maybe it's a California thing?

Here's a Google earth view of a walnut ranch my family owns and the pump house and shed are still being used. The water tank is enclosed in the top half of the pump house.

My guess would be if they

My guess would be if they have a pumphouse, the well would have to be pretty deep to get past the likely brackish shallow aquifer, since they're on tidal mud flats. Just something to consider....

What animals dig up potatoes to eat?

Try  https://sciencing.com/animals-eat-potatoes-8427938.html

Evict the trailer and build

Evict the trailer and build condos...just kidding,  how about a dry drainage/creek bed weeds and a small pipe cuvert under the driveway draining just to the right of the stones? 

Daniel,

Daniel,

Thank Gary, Do you think

Thank Gary,

Do you think raccoons would come close to a the river banks?

Rick, is the pump house for

Rick, is the pump house for flooding purposes?

Before your potatoes, ha ha 

Before your potatoes, ha ha  a dried up creek and pipe culvert under the driveway exiting to the right small h "here" you could still maybe try it after harvesting the potatoes...   

the drainage creek could

the drainage creek could originate at the track roadbed?? 

Do you think raccoons would

scenery looks great..does the

scenery looks great..does the front slope down into future pond or lake?? 

Raccoons & rivers

Raccoons are known to wash their food before eating. So for sure they will be on the river banks and in the river. I recall seeing a video where someone gave a raccoon a wad of cotton candy. Guess what happened when he washed it?

Turns out it is a California "thing"

They were so common at rural houses, ranches and farms that I thought they were everywhere. Found this on Wikipedia that explains them very succinctly. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tankhouse

 I always liked how they looked with the angled walls on the lower half. Here are a few examples. Where I grew up agriculture was the economic driver and the land was flat as a table for hundreds of miles so these elevated tanks supplied the water pressure and the bottom level was a cool place for canned vegetables etc. No cool basements in California to speak of. Flooding wasn't a big concern in agricultural areas of California but lack of water and drought was and still is an ever present threat so these structures were very important for areas without municipal water supplies. 

 Here are some photos.

Daniel,It drains into an

Daniel,

It drains into an area similar to this.

The bed/basin is in the making.

https://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/node/41123?page=41

Thank you Rick,I was

Thank you Rick,

I was confusing pump house with a pumping station the pumps flooding waters back into the sea or river.