Deuteronomy 11

There is further discussion in today's chapter about the call to follow God, and the promise of greatness if the Israelites do - or curse if they do not. We've read all of that before, though; what I found most interesting in the passage was the description of the promised land as being a luscious area which God himself tended to. I suppose in some sense God tends to the whole planet - but the verses here seem to indicate a strong interest on His part in the area He was bringing the Israelites to. That sounds pretty cool to me, but all of the imagery in my head of Israel (the land) is of a dry, fairly arid place. I wonder if I have a mistaken impression, or if the area has changed over the millennia since this was written.