Linda and I continued shopping on our own—found a gorgeous swirly new countertop material at Cambria’s elegant showroom downtown. Then two quick visits out in Plymouth for tile and stone, after a stop back at ProSource, which has been very helpful—perhaps for kitchen cabinets?

Back on email, Caleb follows up on our meeting by raising a very practical question about our water management strategy from the perspective of Green Star certification. How are we going to hold 650 gallons (calculated runoff from a one-inch rainfall).   I run the calculations and realize that my trench system will not be sufficient—the pea rock takes up more than half the trench. Still, we’ve never had a backup or overflow, and that despite a few 1-2” rains.