I find the word 'lorry' to be hopelessly outdated nowadays. It seems one must say 'truck'. No-one is a 'lorry driver', but a 'truck driver'. Kendall, any size of land around a house here in UK is 'the garden' My last one was half an acre and needed a ride-on mower to cut the lawn. Our present one is the size of a hanky, but is also 'the garden', presumably because one gardens in it! I believe Americans use the word 'yard' more than we do. A yard here is more usually a piece of hard standing where a bit of work goes on, eg car repairs or storage of outdoor stuff such as logs or piles of bricks. A yard isn't the garden.