This medium sized cistern collects run off from the apartment building.


We went back to our blackberry spot in the neighborhood today to harvest some berries, to freeze for the winter, and to get another blackberry bush to replace the one in our apartment that died. On our walk, we encountered a couple of modest neighborhood sustainability projects – a rain water cistern and an odd pair of vertical planter boxes – that the area could use a lot more of. There should be multiple things like these both in front of the buildings and in the interior courtyards. We are happy that anyone is doing this on even this low level of engagement.

One of two vertical planter boxes with fairly heavy-handed infrastructure and design