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It was also usual that trees were planted around isolated houses in the past as protection, particularly the roof, from the wind and to provide shade during the summer. The most valued species were therefore perennials, such as the holm oak and also the bay laurel.
== THE HOUSE AND THE ACTIVITY OF ITS DWELLERS The house and the activity of its dwellers ==
The houses also were adapted to the needs of their dwellers. Thus, their structure was generally adapted to farming activities, which prevailed in the area studied. The type of farming was also a factor, meaning that the house of a livestock farmer was different to the one of a crop farmer.
== Appendix: Influence of the production on the types of homesteads ==
Alberto Santana, when considering the different types of homesteads that could be found in Bizkaia, argued that their diversity is not down to climate or to the different source of the construction materials as those conditioning factors are throughout the territory, but rather to local building tradition and to the specialist production of certain areas. Since production varied down through the centuries and that was reflected in the house, the result is the accumulation of different types of homesteads. {{DISPLAYTITLE: II. RELATIONSHIP OF THE HOUSE WITH THE SOIL, CLIMATE AND ACTIVITY}} {{#bookTitle:Casa y familia en VasconiaHouse and Family in the Basque Country |Casa_y_familia_en_vasconia/en}}
