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A new season begins
4 April 2010Its seems that spring has come to Ottawa much earlier in in 2010. While I am not going to start complaining about the fantastic weather we have been experiencing over the past couple of months I am becoming a bit concerned about the overall lack of precipitation we have had. It could just be one of those years where we have just been lucky so far and we will get saturated with rain, but this could also be the start of a very dry summer.
Last year the rain barrels I have installed were rendered useless by the amount of rain we received during the summer. There was no need to use them since it seemed to rain almost every second day, but the in 2008 we were very glad to have them as the they sustained our garden through a number of dry spells.
This year I have been receiving quite a few emails from people who are also feeling that this will be the year that a rain barrel will be necessary. BuildABarrel.com usually lies dormant from September to mid April but this year I received my first email on March 3! The City of Ottawa has been in touch regarding some of their upcoming water conservation projects. I am going to try to do some sort of presentation with the City in June, detail to follow.
It looks like it is going to be a busy summer.
