It is unbelievable how you can catch water, I placed buckets along 7' of eave and even when we get 1/10" they get half full, they already served their purpose because we forgot to order water last week, th... more »

It is unbelievable how you can catch water, I placed buckets along 7' of eave and even when we get 1/10" they get half full, they already served their purpose because we forgot to order water last week, the cistern went dry but I was able to water with what I had in the buckets. I'm very envious about you been in Italy, where about? 2 years ago I fulfilled my dream of going there, I just couldn't believe the beauty of their gardens and landscape, I was at the Boboli garden in Florence, smelled a laurel for the first time and will remember it for the rest of my life... (less)

Very Asian, with the rock and the evergreens.  There's a good explanation of the elements that make up a Japanese garden here, in someone's ... more »

Very Asian, with the rock and the evergreens.  There's a good explanation of the elements that make up a Japanese garden here, in someone's photo essay to the public park near their house in Los Angeles (less)