Any rainwater harvesting/ sustainable living website would not be complete without a 'how to correctly install a rain barrel' post... First, check out the rain basics i and ii page here. (& click on the barrel to see how it was painted - very easy) Then let's cover the 4 fundamental requirements: safety, overflow, quality [...]
okay, a lot of people have asked us if we have an 'affiliate program'-- and we have pretty much said, "affiliate what? um, no, we don't have anything like that..." ...'til now. After we learned what an 'affiliate program' was (basically a way to reward those of you who love the product and ideas and [...]
an example of how nice rain water harvesting can look... 260 gallons of useful (seating), beautiful (cedar) multi-use landscape elements
plants pots dirtwater the potting bench has evolved. Here is an example of a RainBench DIY kit built to exact specs (21"h x 28"w x 36"l), holding 65 gallons, with a fully functional potting bench placed right on top. Perfect for more remote gardens where you don't want to string hoses or haul buckets. Notice the little [...]
Most of us would not try to fill a glass of water, or any container for that matter, by forcing it in the bottom. Why, then, do we insist that your rain bench be bottom-filled? Hopefully this post will explain that... Numero Uno: Most important is the concept of pressure release. Yes, I learned this the hard way. Picture [...]
A very lucid video illustrating what happens if we all just grab some shovels and get dirty! (if we do it right, that is...) **Update** It appears someone doesn't want us watching that nice educational video, so here is a graphic that shows about the same thing, illustrating the importance of ditches, swales, rain gardens [...]
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