Comments on: DIY Gardening: Build a Rain Barrel

By: Green Living Eco

Green Living Eco — Wed, 18 May 2011 17:10:00 +0000

Nice rain barrel. We used a bright blue food container for ours and painted it black so that it would look better. Check out our guides on making a rain barrel and installing a rain barrel to see how we built and installed our rain barrel.

By: Albert Barlow

Albert Barlow — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 05:02:00 +0000

Please see my photos at http://www.abraingutters.com.

Lots of rain barrels installed.

By: Modular Home

Modular Home — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 05:51:00 +0000

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By: Fred Penington

Fred Penington — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 17:17:16 +0000

Greetings,
Making rain barrels is easy and they are very useful – but – try finding a used barrel to construct one. Not going to happen in my neighborhood. Used barrels are available for upwards of $35 and by the time I buy the supplies to construct my own there is a $50 dollar invested. I can buy rain barrels for $45 dollars.

Where do you get the barrels for little or no cost?
UNTIL this question is answered honestly then quit printing stories that raise false hope.

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By: Becky Striepe

Becky Striepe — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 11:30:11 +0000

Loving your rain barrel tutorial, Gravity Gardener!

By: Gravity Gardener

Gravity Gardener — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 12:41:02 +0000

I made one for about 10 bucks. It was pretty easy and works great..

You can see pictures at http://gravitygarden.com/rainbucket/?p=82

By: Michael Janzen , Archive » How to build a rainwater collection barrel

Michael Janzen , Archive » How to build a rainwater collection barrel — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 21:32:05 +0000

[...] I’ve been researching different ways of collecting rainwater for garden and home use. I ran across this article on a simple down-spout fed rain barrel on Crafting a Green World. [...]

By: Jenny

Jenny — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:21:46 +0000

Hmm. The concrete blocks could become a tiny living wall… http://www.eltlivingwalls.com/

My spigot is actually higher up on my barrel but doesn’t get stinky. You would want to be able to make use of all your water in a drought though.

One of my parter organizations made a nice brochure for making your own barrel out of a garbage can. I was skeptical, but I have not yet heard of any disastrous incidences:
http://www.apporiver.org/RainBarrelBrochure_Final.pdf

Great job on the barrel Becky!

By: Becky Striepe

Becky Striepe — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 23:21:01 +0000

Great ideas!

That deck looks a lot better than our stack of concrete blocks.

Barry – Thank you for those tips!