New Gardening Project for the House
Mar. 15th, 2007 05:19 pmWe currently have 3 raised beds for JD's garden and she has plans for 3 more.
During the rain today I started pondering capturing rainwater for a garden reservoir. The beds are on the south side of our backyard. I've seen where people keep a barrel at the base of the gutter downspout, but need to see how large of a reservoir I could easily do and methods of distributing the water other than by dipping a bucket into the barrel. Would there be enough pressure in the barrel for some sort of irrigation hose to come out of the bottom?
*grrrrr*
Looks like some prime surfing fodder and a few trips to Home Depot and Bennett's Nursery.
During the rain today I started pondering capturing rainwater for a garden reservoir. The beds are on the south side of our backyard. I've seen where people keep a barrel at the base of the gutter downspout, but need to see how large of a reservoir I could easily do and methods of distributing the water other than by dipping a bucket into the barrel. Would there be enough pressure in the barrel for some sort of irrigation hose to come out of the bottom?
*grrrrr*
Looks like some prime surfing fodder and a few trips to Home Depot and Bennett's Nursery.