Plot

A Plot is the basic unit of land area used for growing crops in FarmVille. Any seeds purchased from the Market must be planted on a vacant plot. A plot is initially created by using the Plow tool on an empty patch of land. This plowed plot can then be planted with a crop, and after the crop is harvested it becomes Fallow land.

A plot may only hold one crop at a time, and must be harvested and plowed before another crop may be planted. If desired, a plot may be returned to empty land by using the Delete tool. A group of plots used for a specific purpose could be called a "field".

Size and Squares
Farms in FarmVille are built upon a network of squares which define where objects may be placed. The smallest objects occupy only a single square, which is the size of a Hay Bale. This unit of area is referred to as being of size "1x1". A crop plot is 4x4 squares, which is the same size as 16 hay bales arranged in a square shape. The Tool Shed and the Small Pond are the same size as a single plot.

Except in a few special cases, only one object may occupy a square at a time. Items placed in a Storage building do not actually take up any space on the farm, nor do animals placed in a Dairy Farm or Chicken Coop, nor do Flowers placed in a Garden Shed.

However, the ends of sections of fence can be overlapped to create a line of continuous fencing. One fence is of size 1x5, two in a row are 1x9, three are 1x13, and so on. A few special decorations like the Gargoyle Gate and the String Lights could be used as gates in fencing.