For a long time now I've been looking at water barrels. Rain water is good for the garden. The plants like chlorine free water. Also, rain water is free! We can go weeks without rain sometimes and the garden gets very thirsty. I don't like to water because our sewer bill is based upon water usage, so if I use a bunch of water in August, I may pay all year long in higher sewer bills.
So, when I saw 250 gallon water tanks for sale on Craigs List for only $40 I showed it to Larry. To make a long story short - he purchased three of these tanks and installed them on the north side of our house - a side that has no windows and no appeal visually. It's also a side that's on a slope which elevates the tanks over the garden which will create a little water pressure for watering. All good stuff.
So... he gets them installed and that night it rains. It doesn't just rain a little... it rains over 2 1/2 inches! The tanks were full the next morning. Sadly, we got 2 inches the next night and I wasn't able to capture any of that. If it were practical I would like to install a whole bunch more! The good news is, our rain is spread out through out the year - more or less - so I'll have a good bit of water to put to use.
Here are some photos. They're worth a thousand words. I'll be planting something around and over them to help obscure them. Right now they stick out like sore thumbs!
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