Look close. You should be able to see right through this week’s Whatzit. 
Leave your guess as a comment this week; the official answer will be posted Sunday.
Whatzit #7 is an antique cloche, which is a glass dome that acts like a mini-greenhouse. Cloche is French for ‘bell’, the shape of this cover. Cloches come in different shapes and sizes. Sometimes used to protect garden plants from early freezes, or to protect, decorate and control humidity for indoor plants. This particular cloche was found during the Canal House Cooking book signing by Saveur magazine’s founder Christopher Hirsheimer. She was in Lexington to speak at the Woodford Human Society’s Fundraise, but also served up some cookbook snacks one evening at Debbie Chamblin’s Belle Maison Antiques and Trillium. Click on the shop names for Web-site access.Â
Belle Maison Antiques
525 West Short Street
Lexington, KY 40507
t/f 859.252.9030
www.bellemaisonantiques.com
Trillium
525 West Short Street
Lexington, KY 40507
859.255.1010
www.trilliumstyle.com
Here, a snapshot reveals the 
solution to Whatzit #5. Howard Frankel, whose lilies were featured on the front page of the Lexington Herald-Leader’s Clippings column in the Inside/Out section this Saturday, has a lot of gardening experience. This Whatzit is an easy, uplifting way to keep long-handled tools organized, out of the way, and easy to grab.
Today there are only 460 days until the 2010 Alltech World Equestrian Games begin in the Bluegrass. This Whatzit is on the way there. As Bob Perry commented, the rocks ascending this wall are 
actually stair steps, which allow people to climb over the fence easily; they lead to a small, enclosed cemetery dating from the mid-1800s created by the Gorham family, which once owned the land here on Newtown Pike. The stone walls along this section of the road were recently rebuilt, but this section was left untouched. So much for history. Let’s look to the present and future. Despite the spacious, bucolic beauty of wide rolling green fields, there’s a lot happening over that rock wall. On the way to the Kentucky Horse Park, this area is part of a UK College of Agriculture research farm, close to a water quality riparian buffer zone project on Cane Run creek, as well as the new Legacy Trail, a multi-use pathway that will connect the Kentucky Horse Park and downtown Lexington. With the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games around the corner, this section of the highway represents the beauty of the Bluegrass well, and is a sign of some positive positive progress. Click on the underlined links to find out more about each organization. *************************The Whatzit #2 question: This one’s more of a Wherezit, because if you know that, you probably know the Whatzit of it, too. How closely do you pay attention to detal as you cruise around the Bluegrass, enjoying the classic look of dry stone walls? This sections, however, is mortared. For Whatzit used?
Whatzit #1 Solution        
Rather than creating a sidewalk or driveway which blocks water from flowing through to the ground below, you can install permeable pavers which allow stormwater to soak in instead of run off. The open structure of this particular paver also lets grass grow up, creating greener spaces around your home. This photo was taken at Ashland, the Henry Clay Estate, which is holding its annual Lawn & Garden Party fundraiser on June 20th.  Click Ashland for details.Â
To find out more about these pavers from a local source, see Meade Concrete Products , and check out their Eco Friendly Permeable Pavers, especially Turfstone.
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Waiting for you, dear Readers, to identify.
Just what is this,  and whyzit helpful?
Bonus points if you can name a place
where you’ve seen - or might like to see -Â something like it.
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