tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838654939610805161.post2455245891491260080..comments2012-10-01T11:04:16.874-04:00Comments on Metro DC Lawn and Garden Blog: World Water Day - Rain is a Terrible Thing to WasteEric Ecklhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13398535194562109699noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838654939610805161.post-78165370154934244422011-10-30T11:57:31.507-04:002011-10-30T11:57:31.507-04:00Hi Marlene. We made our own rain barrels and I thi...Hi Marlene. We made our own rain barrels and I think the empty barrel and supplies were rather inexpensive. Plus, it gave me and my hubby a project to work on together.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838654939610805161.post-9687120239205915372011-10-30T11:57:18.880-04:002011-10-30T11:57:18.880-04:00Rain barrels are extremely expensive and not parti...Rain barrels are extremely expensive and not particularly large. I believe a better solution than rain barrels are trash cans. Rubbermaid, for example, makes them in sturdy plastic in a variety of beautiful colors and they come with a lid to cover the can when the rain has stopped.<br /><br />Trash cans are also much easier to get water from because you can just dip your watering can into the water rather than waiting for it to fill up from a spigot (which is very slow by comparison).<br /><br />You might not consider even a Rubbermaid can to be attractive enough for the front yard, but most houses have plenty of downspouts around them where a trash can would be just fine.<br /><br />Save yourself time and money–use a trash can!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838654939610805161.post-8844311374081082352011-10-30T11:57:04.865-04:002011-10-30T11:57:04.865-04:00That's a really pretty rain barrel!
We live i...That's a really pretty rain barrel!<br /><br />We live in Shenandoah, and we JUST installed our rain barrels over the weekend! Good timing :-) We took the admittedly easy way out and bought our barrels premade. Our fruit trees had a hard time last summer, so I'm hopeful that this year will be better!<br /><br />We documented it, if anyone is interested (http://www.shenandoahvalleyflowers.com/gardening/making-rain-%E2%80%93-water-barrels-deliver-free-water).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com