a nice addition to any garden... Here is just one more example of how creative gardeners are. A DIY kit, a quick paint job and some accessories are all you need to get an attractive, comfy bench that waters your garden. This RainBench is about 50 feet away from the downpout diverter that fills it. [...]
In order to handle high water tables, we used Aquascape's RainXchange system to build a shallow, wider 1,000 gallon underground cistern for the new Children's Barn at Henry Vilas Zoo this past November. There is an inspection riser near the building, as well as a 4" inlet pipe from the 4"x5" [...]
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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