Rain Barrel

We're trying our hand at water conservation this summer with the addition of our new rain barrel. We got a set from the county park district. The barrels were originally olive barrels from Greece and then were converted to rain barrels complete with insect screens and spigots attached. I'm excited to see how it works and how much rain it takes to fill it. We placed it in the corner of our garage so it will get rain from the back half of the garage roof. Neil (and his little assistant) built a stand for it in hopes of getting better water pressure for the hose and we got it in place just as it started to rain today. Unfortunately, the rain never amounted to much, so we'll have to wait for another day to see it in action.

Building the platform

The finished product

Downspout diversion