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Kicking off the 2009 season

28 March 2009
Written by: Chris Posted under Misc, Rain Barrels General

Spring is finally here. I can tell because the requests for rain barrels and rain barrel information have been pouring in.

This year we have a few goals that we hope to accomplish:

  1. We want to get instructions and maybe even a video up that will show how we go about building our rain barrels.
  2. Add more pictures with each post. The visuals can be so helpful.
  3. We are going to try some minor modifications to improve the way we go about building batches of barrels. It is all about efficiency and time right now as in I am not very efficient and do not have very much time. The design we have been using works really well but I want to find a way to build them faster.
  4. I really want to try and see what we can do to enhance our yard. Last year it was goldfish in the barrel, which we will be doing again this year because it was fun. This year will it be drip irrigation, a water level gauge…
  5. I want to show the kids that building and doing things for the environment can be both fun and rewarding.
  6. Add a Twitter feed to our site. Not sure what the angle will be for this yet

I think that is enough for one year. Keep in mind, I have 3 kids, a full time job and run 2 additional web sites so this may be a bit ambitious. Check back over the course of the summer to see how far I was able to get.


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  1. PatF said,

    on May 8th, 2009 at 12:29 am

    Chris,

    You wrote: “This year will it be drip irrigation, a water level gauge…” I tried drip irrigation on my raised veggie beds last year and it didn’t work once the water level had dropped about a foot or so. Since i’m in earthquake country, i don’t want to raise the barrels more than 18″ or so off the ground. Ergo, i must use a pump. Now i’m trying to work up a solar design for a couple of pumps to the two raised beds, and another one to the tomatoes in TopsyTurvys. (My first year trying those.) I’ll be interested to see what you work up for a water level gauge. That would be very useful! Love your site.

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