I am almost out of the water we stored in reused gallon jugs last year when we emptied our rain barrel for the season. Since I don’t want to start using tap water if I can help it, naturally I’ve been wondering when we put it out last year, and it was indeed in April, though I didn’t actually get it set up until the 25th. This is our third year collecting rainwater to use on plantings. Continue reading “Rain barrel related projects”
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Second rain barrel install
I updated the countdown for the install of the rain barrel itself. That should be easy enough as long as we can get over there to pick it up on a day the center is open. Getting the guttering up in that corner, though…that’s a bit more iffy.
Time to get the rain barrel out.
I checked the weather a bit ago, and night time temps will be roughly 10°F +/- above freezing the rest of the week. We have rain on the way starting tonight, but gentle winds, so today I’ll haul out our rain barrel from the cellar, and get it in place so it can take in some water before the winds pick up a wee bit tomorrow. Continue reading “Time to get the rain barrel out.”