[2Jedismom]

I don't know! What's a rain garden, Precious?

You know what I've always wanted?? I want to have a house with a metal roof and have my downspouts connected to a cistern of some sort that that collects the rain for me to use to irrigate my garden.

I also want a catfish pond...did you know?

[Overtaxed]

A catfish pond? Really? :)

[RosieCotton]

No fair noodling in a stocked pond... ;-)

[SuziQ]

We got some information a couple of months ago about a standing seam metal roof that has photovoltaic solar cells imbedded in it!! It was just COOL! It looked just like a regular roof with some clear bits in it, instead of just the rippled metal.

SirKit wants a silver metal roof someday. I found the neatest house plan a couple of weeks ago that would be perfect for a house down South. It is a u-shaped house with the open part forming a courtyard that can be viewed from all the halls of the house, the family room, the kitchen, and the master bedroom. It is a single story, and is sorta Frank Lloyd Wright looking with a shallow angle metal roof. Vey nice.