The Burrow is home to the Weasley family, which seems to have originally been a large stone pigpen. It is several stories high, and it looks as if rooms were added in several places, until it got to the point of being held up soley by magic. It has a red roof, upon which four or five stone chimneys are perched. The tiny front yard is littered with old boots, cans, and other garbage, while the backyard has a garden which is almost always playing host to local gnomes, mostly because Mr. Weasley is too soft with them (he thinks that they are really cute). The family also owns a large field in the countryside behind the house in which the boys (and sometimes Ginny) practice Quidditch by tossing apples through the air during the holidays. Near this field is a small, run-down shed in which Mr. Weasley stores his array of Muggle items.