I have been thinking about getting some rain barrels for our house to supplement our Summer watering. Like Most places watering restrictions will go into effect next month. Limiting what days I can water and what time. I wasn't too keen on having a big blue plastic barrel featured prominently outside my 100 plus year old farm house. But after some surfing on the web, I found this lovely rain barrel that looks much more in style with my farmhouse. I could live with this look.
We don't have an irrigation system like many of our suburban brethren. Which is good. Many of my clients with irrigation systems have water bills that are in the neighborhood of $200 a month. A little pricey for this gardener. So I think this may be a good way to supplement our watering.
Happy Gardening!
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That is a lovely rain barrel! Though I’m afraid my rain barrel is not as lovely as yours, but I do use it for my plants too. I find that rain water is better than tempered water since rain water is more “natural” than tap water. I use droplet feeding so that it would continuously feed my plants water all day and the water won’t run out, and whenever I need water, I can also get from it. It’s a really cool thing to have.
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