Water Barrels

[homealone]

We had a nice little storm again today. I thankfully had enough time to get my water barrels into place before it really started.

I love collecting rain water to water my house plants as well as my garden and exterior plants.

I have 3 barrels that I use to collect rain water in. I have screens covering the tops of each barrel to make sure that bugs, leaves, twigs and what not don't get into the water.

It works out very nice, and saves me on the water bill because well....rain water is free.


I normally collect enough water in the barrels each month to care for all the watering needs I have here at the house. So it works out really well for me.

[flippinout]

Water barrels to catch rain water is an excellent idea and I believe that my plants do much better when watered with rain water than with water from the tap.

I dont have rain barrels so what I do is fill jugs from the tap and let the water set for a couple of days before watering my plants as this tends to let the chlorine dissipate, making the water much better for use on plants.

I notice a big difference in my plants when they are watered with water straight from the tap as opposed to being watered with tap water that has set for a while.

Im for anything that makes my plants healthier and rain water does make for healthier plants plus, as you said, it saves on your water bill too.

[homealone]

Filling jugs with water and allowing them to sit is a good idea because as you said it allows the chlorine in the water to dissipate, but this still increases the water bill.

If you even have a bucket that you can put under your drain spouts of your home's gutters, just put a screen over the bucket to prevent unwanted things from gettting in there, you can collect water. Then if you need the bucket right away pour the collected water from the bucket into some empty jugs and save it for when plants need to be watered again.

This way you get the free water to save your water bill and still enough water to take care of your plants inside and outside of your home.

I agree that rain water is like the best there is for watering plants. The rain water doesn't have added chemicals which are used to treat the water for drinking and bathing.