2012 04 17 set up rain barrels
2012 04 17 put out rain gauge
2012 04 27 .60" 2 barrels
2012 05 03 barrels are empty
2012 05 26 .60" 2 barrels
2012 06 01 .90 1 1/2 barrels [clog in downspout]
2012 06 10 barrels are empty
2012 06 15 .55" 3 barrels FULL
2012 06 16 .22" 3 barrels FULL
2012 06 24 barrels are empty
2012 07 01 .05" 1/2 barrel
2012 07 01 barrels are empty
2012 07 08 .02" 1/4 barrel
2012 07 10 barrels are empty
2012 08 01 .05" 1/2 barrel
2012 08 02 barrels are empty
2012 08 03 .03" 1/3 barrel
2012 08 03 barrels are empty
2012 08 14 .60" 2 1/3 barrels
2012 08 24 1.00" 3 barrels FULL
2012 08 25 2.00" 3 barrels FULL
2012 08 26 .12" 3 barrels FULL
2012 09 07 .30" 2 1/3 barrels
2012 09 16 .60" 2 1/2 barrels
2012 09 26 .15" 2 1/2 barrels
2012 10 01 .10" 2 1/2 barrels
2012 10 09 took in rain gauge
2012 10 23 stored rain barrels for winter
*each rain barrel can hold 75 gallons of water.
**I am continually using water from the rain barrels.
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I admire your use of rain barrels, very important in this day and age, and something that the doughts here in the UK are forcing us to do.
ReplyDeleteI love saving rain water---it doesn't "shock" those plants like the icy water from the well does in the summer. I've got two large stock tanks placed under the two valleys in my roof. It only takes a 1/3" water to fill them--amazing!
ReplyDeleteFingers crossed for rain here today!
ReplyDeleteI bought my first rain barrel last night. I have wanted to purchase one for a long time. I am so excited to have it!
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