How has Esche's home changed since her mother's death in the novel, Salvage the Bones?

Esche's home was once a farm built on fifteen acres of land, but it has fallen into disuse since the death of her mother. Chickens never enter their coop anymore, and Daddy eventually tears it down for scrap, which he collects in piles outside the house. The families' home seems to be constantly falling apart or taken down, as Daddy instructs Esche and Skeetah to remove wooden planks even as Skeetah is busy tearing the linoleum off of the floor.