learning lessons

I'm endlessly fascinated by project failures.  Just like a driver slowing down to view a traffic mishap, I'm irresistibly drawn to collapsed retaining walls, sunken patios, rows of dead trees, out-of-level decks and various other landscape catastrophes.  Whatever has happened, these projects capture my attention. To be sure, these failures don't approach the gravity of problems that might arise with large architectural structures, but that doesn't lessen our