http://www.sparkleize.com/2008/03/30/how-to-set-up-a-rain-barrel/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:05:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.sparkleize.com/2008/03/30/how-to-set-up-a-rain-barrel/#comment-37 Elegant rain barrels Fri, 11 Jul 2008 14:29:09 +0000 http://www.sparkleize.com/?p=15#comment-37 Just make sure to find rain barrels which offer a mesh mosquito guard, and also look for barrels which have an overflow valve function (or at least somewhere to make your own, like above) to allow the excess water to flow out of the rain barrel and away from your foundation. Hooking a drip hose to this valve is a great way to give your garden or flower bed a constant source of moisture. Just make sure to find rain barrels which offer a mesh mosquito guard, and also look for barrels which have an overflow valve function (or at least somewhere to make your own, like above) to allow the excess water to flow out of the rain barrel and away from your foundation. Hooking a drip hose to this valve is a great way to give your garden or flower bed a constant source of moisture.

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