http://rainwaterbarrel.org Harvest rainwater for your garden using rain barrels. Fri, 26 Feb 2010 04:37:29 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://rainwaterbarrel.org/home-rain-barrell-to-save-water-and-money/comment-page-1#comment-63 bonsai money trees | Bonsai Fri, 26 Feb 2010 04:37:29 +0000 http://rainwaterbarrel.org/home-rain-barrell-to-save-water-and-money#comment-63 [...] up a rain barrell is so easy anyone can do it with a little [...] [...] up a rain barrell is so easy anyone can do it with a little [...]

]]> http://rainwaterbarrel.org/rain-barrel-how-to/comment-page-1#comment-45 rik2u Fri, 16 Oct 2009 03:48:40 +0000 http://rainwaterbarrel.org/rain-barrel-how-to#comment-45 We've been rainwater harvesting for over 20 years and love the money we save on our water bills. We clean everything from deck furniture, cars, truck, boats, windows, decking, water the victory garden, flowers, hanging baskets, water our pets, and clean up driveways and patios as well. We keep our gutters clean all year long, about every 2-4 weeks, as we have huge oak & pine trees around our home. The leaves, pine needles, sand, mosquitoes during season, creepy crawlies, and bird nests seem to love our rain gutters. But we know our rainwater going into our barrels will be as clean as the rainwater flowing out of our rain gutters. We clean our gutters with a tool called the Gutter Clutter Buster that was purchased on-line. It simply attaches to our 2-1/2" wet/dry vac hose and literally vacuums out all debris, wet or dry, while I stay on the ground. No ladders needed anymore. When I'm done I empty the vac canister into our compost pile or around my plants for a thicker layer of mulch saving us even more money and wate. So Happy Harvesting To All and Keep Those Rain Barrels Coming. We’ve been rainwater harvesting for over 20 years and love the money we save on our water bills. We clean everything from deck furniture, cars, truck, boats, windows, decking, water the victory garden, flowers, hanging baskets, water our pets, and clean up driveways and patios as well. We keep our gutters clean all year long, about every 2-4 weeks, as we have huge oak & pine trees around our home. The leaves, pine needles, sand, mosquitoes during season, creepy crawlies, and bird nests seem to love our rain gutters. But we know our rainwater going into our barrels will be as clean as the rainwater flowing out of our rain gutters. We clean our gutters with a tool called the Gutter Clutter Buster that was purchased on-line. It simply attaches to our 2-1/2″ wet/dry vac hose and literally vacuums out all debris, wet or dry, while I stay on the ground. No ladders needed anymore. When I’m done I empty the vac canister into our compost pile or around my plants for a thicker layer of mulch saving us even more money and wate.
So Happy Harvesting To All and Keep Those Rain Barrels Coming.

]]> http://rainwaterbarrel.org/making-a-rain-barrel/comment-page-1#comment-18 Rain Barrel Diverter Sat, 30 May 2009 19:19:39 +0000 http://rainwaterbarrel.org/?p=95#comment-18 [...] of water from runoff to a separate container thereby keeping the most polluted water out of the rain barrel. Both of these devices can be built from recycled materials, (with the exception of the pvc pipe [...] [...] of water from runoff to a separate container thereby keeping the most polluted water out of the rain barrel. Both of these devices can be built from recycled materials, (with the exception of the pvc pipe [...]

]]> http://rainwaterbarrel.org/making-rain-barrels/comment-page-1#comment-15 Make Your Own Rain Barrel Tue, 26 May 2009 23:49:36 +0000 http://rainwaterbarrel.org/?p=144#comment-15 [...] 150-gallon plastic farm-type stock-watering tank underneath our back deck where it became a hidden rain barrel. We drew the spout-collected rain water from the tank with a small portable electric sump-pump [...] [...] 150-gallon plastic farm-type stock-watering tank underneath our back deck where it became a hidden rain barrel. We drew the spout-collected rain water from the tank with a small portable electric sump-pump [...]

]]> http://rainwaterbarrel.org/how-to-make-a-rain-barrel/comment-page-1#comment-14 Making A Rain Barrel Mon, 25 May 2009 13:12:45 +0000 http://rainwaterbarrel.org/how-to-make-a-rain-barrel#comment-14 [...] do I start? Making your own rain barrel is a pretty darn easy DIY project-all you really need is a large food-quality barrel or even a big [...] [...] do I start? Making your own rain barrel is a pretty darn easy DIY project-all you really need is a large food-quality barrel or even a big [...]

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