The one rain barrel I have has been overflowing since GA started getting rain about the middle of the month. I feel like all that rain is being wasted! I want it all! Anyway, ever since the drought, everyone and their uncle has been wanting rain barrels. Now the price for one plain old 55 gallon drum has gone to $75+.
Does anyone have any neat tips on substitue barrels or rain catchers? Trick is, they can't be an unsightly sub because I live in a subdivision with covenants and I have one of the only yards where everyone can see just about everything! (I'm growing cedars and shrubs as fast as I can to build a screen!)
I'm posting this question on sever forums hoping to some varied ideas.
Thanks!
Nedd Cheap Substitute for Rain barrels
This might help:
http://www.cwp.org/Community_Watersheds/brochure.pdf
dadgum, makes me want to load up a trailer with rain barrels and go to georgia. 3gardeners if you get any other good ideas lmk where the thread is. thanks for that article yuska. i have one rain barrel designed that way and hope to get more soon...esp. before the price goes up. lol.