I was watching DIY network one night and the showed how to make a rain barrel. Cool I thought. I was able to get a couple of plastic barrels (55 gallons each) from work and made my own rain barrels a month ago. I got the barrels for a buck each and bought some spiggots at Home Depot for like 20 bucks I got everything done. Now whenever it rains I get water for free. Then when it dries up and doesn't rain for a while I have plenty of water for my rasberries, strawberries, and all my plants around the house. The rasberries are on the hillside below the house so gravity works great with the trickler hose to water all the plants in about 15 minutes. I use about half a barrel to water them. So between the 2 barrels I have water for 2 weeks if it doesn't rain.
If it doesn't rain for a while and my barrels run empty I have been filling them with the gray water from showers. I have 4 5 gallons pails in the bathroom that I fill with the shower water left in the tub. This only takes about 2 minutes a day after showers. I fill the big pails with an ice cream bucket. If all is full I have been using the extra water to flush the downstairs toilet. I got this idea from Ed Bagley Jr.'s book. "Going Green with Ed" . He has been green in Hollywood for years. Long before it was "COOL". He has many great ideas in his book and I would recommend it to anyone looking for some simple ways to start getting GREEN.
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