Thu 22 Apr 2010
… of the rain barrel.
I had only one set up and it filled with the first rain, several weeks ago. Today, after many days of intense watering (intense for early Spring, that is), I used the last of it. This was good, as we wanted it lighter so we could move it in order to add another barrel to the setup. But the forecast was for a thunderstorm, and this has not materialized yet. So now I have no more pure water, and I balk at watering the garden with our chlorinated tap water as this would kill off all the innoculants.
Well, in any case, here’s our new barrel setup in the back:
The higher barrel overflows into the lower one via the smaller black tube on top. The lower one overflows into the drain via the larger, brown tube at the bottom.
I’m quite pleased to have replaced the cinder blocks. This is much nicer looking!
April 23rd, 2010 at 6:34 am
Set-up looks good. I agree about those stands, much more aesthetic than cinder blocks!
April 23rd, 2010 at 5:38 pm
[...] calendula all over, and more summer lettuce mix. That’s a lot of beds to keep moist now that my rain barrel is empty. Running to the kitchen to fill my small watering can with filtered tap water is a nuisance, but [...]
May 27th, 2010 at 8:49 am
[...] But it barely half filled four of the five (food-grade) barrels (the second barrel in the line up on our most capacious downspout remains empty, because the first one in the line needs to fill up to overflow into it). Let’s [...]