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By: Babies… « Tayloropolis

Babies… « Tayloropolis — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:19:28 +0000

[...] I got the directions on how to make this rain barrel from Mir at Woulda Shoulda Coulda. (Scroll down a bit into the comments for the step-by-step directions). It’s working incredibly well so far, and I’m really pleased that we finally put one up. It really bothers me to turn on the hose since I feel like I am wasting so much water. This little thing is keeping my green beans very happy. Product of rain dancing [...]

By: stacey

stacey — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:18:24 +0000

Oops! I meant Earthtainer, the Earth box is a commercial product, the Earthtainer is the hacked version.

By: stacey

stacey — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:15:30 +0000

Rainbarrels would be great if it ever rained here. There is another cool project for your Otto…google Earthbox, it is a nifty self contained system for tomatos and other crops.

By: Kathy in WA

Kathy in WA — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:44:59 +0000

Love the rain barrel idea. Very creative! Duckabush Blog Dh wrote a long post about our 'tomato-staking' parenting. Does that count as gardening??

By: Jenn

Jenn — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:32:07 +0000

If you live near a beverage bottling plant, like Coke or Pepsi, check and see if you can buy one of their syrup barrels. They’re food grade and a good size for a rain barrel.

By: Flea

Flea — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:07:03 +0000

Otto, you’re a genius. I think I’ll have the Hunny build one of these for a little later in the summer, now that the rains are slowing down. It totally rocks.

By: PandaWriter

PandaWriter — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:44:28 +0000

I’m such a scoflaw, I would – just occasionally, mind you – use my hose to fill up the empty rain barrel on the allowed watering days, and then use the filled rain barrel to water, when it’s insanely hot, on the unapproved days.

What? I would be running the water out of the hose on the approved day, the fact that it wouldn’t be reaching the thirsty plants until an unapproved day is… a minor detail.

Ahem.

By: Veronica

Veronica — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:34:04 +0000

Okay, now you see that rain barrel? Make it HUGE and imagine that you have to do everything with it. Shower, drink, wash dishes, water the garden.

Now imagine that you are in the middle of a drought.

Our water tank is 5000 gallons and it is the only water we have available. Which would be nice, IF IT WOULD FREAKING RAIN SOME MORE.

Welcome to my Tasmania.

By: dad

dad — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:05:10 +0000

Amen!

By: shannon

shannon — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:17:22 +0000

oh shit, nevermind…………..