"The hand-crafted cement boat in the middle of this pond might be the attention grabber, but Hoffman's more interested in what's underneath––a 30-foot, hand-dug well. The sustainable pond around it is sourced by rainwater, which he uses in the garden and as an emergency supply. ""When I first moved here I was using county water to water the fruit trees and the garden,"" he says. ""But it's very expensive and it's also quite foolish to take purified drinking water and use it to water (plants). It's not sustainable for one thing."""
{}