Rain Barrel Redo

I ended up moving the rain barrels around-again! As I was forced to move this one to the backyard, I decided to place it on one side of the patio and connect the two remaining ones.

I have planted morning glory seeds in front of the trellis. That should disguise it

well enough to keep snoopy Board members at bay.

I had placed the other in the corner of the garden by the pineapples, but since we don't have gutters, it wasn't able to catch any rain water at all. The solution? Add on!

Now the runoff from one barrel will go into the other.


Here's all ya need to accomplish this task.
The other ingredient is silicone.



Drill a small hole in one of the barrels using a drill bit.

After we had completed this step, we realized that it

probably would have been better to place the holes near the top.

We put it near the bottom, so that each barrel fills up

simultaneously. It works, either way. One of our barrels

is directly under the corner of the roof, so it manages to

catch all that precious liquid.

Here's one end. Don't forget to put silicone or some other

type of sealer around the tubing, so it won't leak.

Here's the other end. Being clear, it's hardly noticeable. Added bonus? My lil' guy likes to watch the water make its way around...

The plumbego started here should soon cover these two. I have the spigots off to the side, for easy access. I'm still thinking about adding a drip irrigation system to the barrels, for the veggie garden and surrounding plants. Poor fern here looks like it could use it! It'll come back.

Thanks to hubby for hookin' us up!