rain barrels

Re: rain barrels

• Catlawdy_____

  February 2010

  We bought one at the hardware store.  I liked it.  Our barrel sat at the top of a small slope and that probably helped a bit with water pressure.  The only thing I didn't like about ours was that the spigot at the bottom wasn't tall enough to put the water can under it to fill it.  Next time we isntall one, I'll probably put it on a few blocks to raise it up a bit so the can will fit under it.

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• unc00ref member

  

  February 2010

  We have one & love it. I'm pretty sure I bought it a Gardner's Supply.
  

  

  ***Baby #3: BFP Mother

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• derky17

  February 2010

  We got ours from a local guy--it's a converted syrup or pickle barrel.  Our spigot is at the bottom of the barrel, which is nice--but we noticed that in advance and put it up on cinder blocks.  We're actually thinking of getting a second one to actually refil with buckets and keep that closer to our garden.  With the weather this winter we could have filled our barrel 10 times over, I think.  We have the giant 55 gallon one.  It's not pretty, but it's not noticeable from the front of the house and we're much more functional people anyway.  We feel it was well worth it--came in very handy last summer for the garden.

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• slhall730

  February 2010

  there is a local guy that sells them on CL - or Gastonia often offers classes to make them.  We signed up but it was hot as hell that day and I was 7 months pregnant, so we passed it up.

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• uncharch7

  February 2010

  we got ours in gastonia as well, off craigslist.  we have 2-55 gallon barrels, up on cinder blocks w/ spigots on the bottom.  the nice thing is they have 2 overflow holes at the top.  on one of them we attached a piece of hose ($1 at lowes in the plumbing section) to fill up a trash can (another 30ish gallons).

  right now is not the best time to have them full though due to still having hard frosts and the possibility of cracking them.  i had forgotten about ours being full and after that cold snap they were frozen solid.  
  

  Baby Charchie born 12/22/2011

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