Archive for 'Rain Barrel Designs'

Rain Barrel Junior

6 April 2009

As an experiment I have build a smaller rain barrel that I am calling rain barrels junior. This barrels holds about 60L of water and would fit in to tight spaces that our larger barrels can not. We are selling this one, if anybody is interested drop us a line.

Goldfish in a rain barrel - update

10 November 2008

Well the goldfish experiment has been a great success! We decided that the fish would be better off as one big happy family in one big barrel so we transferred them from the smaller clean barrel. Not only have the fish been keeping the rain barrel free of mosquito larva they have almost all doubled [...]

Spring is here…. or is it already summer?

24 April 2008

Now that spring is finally here it is time to get back to the garden and get the rain barrels hooked back up. Fortunately we disconnected our barrels for the winter. With the amount of snow on our roof the runoff would have filled hundreds of barrels. The unfortunate part is that we hooked them [...]

2 piece lid vs 1 piece lid - Which is better?

25 July 2007

As of a result of our experimentation we have determined that for our use, the 55 Gallon (220 L) olive barrels are the best option for the do it yourself rain barrel builder. They are the least expensive and require the least amount of modification.
Generally these food grade barrels come with either a one piece [...]

Not the best rain barrel in world but it works!

21 July 2007

A few weeks ago I decided that it would be a good exercise to try out some different rain barrel designs. It seems that many people only have access to the large white or blue barrels that are used for transporting detergent and soft drink syrup as opposed to the olive barrels that we have [...]

Rain barrel comparison - our review on why building a rain barrel is better then buying one

12 July 2007

When we began our research into what types of barrel we could use for our home we found that there were many options available. Each option was evaluated against the following criteria:
Cost - Ultra expensive to downright dirt cheap.
Work involved - Ready out of the box or do it yourself (DIY)
Aesthetic - How good (or [...]