Tag: rain barrel

Water from the barrel

13 Apr 20165 May 2015 by Mike (tfb)

Rainwater upgrade: We only turned over this rain barrel yesterday, set bottom up for winter to keep empty in order to avoid frozen water expansion cracking the plastic, and it rained overnight. A little rain, a fair-sized collection area (roof … Read the rest

Rain barrel runneth over

4 May 201623 Jun 2012 by Mike (tfb)

The Weather recently: three weeks of hot-no-rain, followed by a couple of days of intense rain, 2″ each, then, three days of sweltering heat wave, a couple more days of intense 2″ rain, now, three days of perfect balmy summer, … Read the rest