Paints. Thick plastics coatings. Retardation of dripping water diffusion.
He ushered me through the back door, past neat stacks of hand-split applewood, to a wooden tank, like a giant wine cask cut in half, covered in moss and dripping water through its swollen slats.
Nature can give us a lot of inspiration: dripping water can wear stones, it is telling us that things should be persevered.