A rain barrel is exactly what it sounds like — it's a large barrel (or container), usually 50-100 gallons, that is placed beneath a downspout to catch and store rainwater that falls from your roof.

Edwin Dysinger, a master gardener and co-founder of Seedtime, a garden planning and management app, recommends rain barrels as a sustainable source of water for your garden. Set up to catch the runoff ...

Put rainwater to use in your landscape with the help of rain barrels. This centuries old technique allows you to capture rainfall to use for watering ornamental gardens and containers. Always ...

A rain barrel is a small, aboveground storage tank that collects rainwater from rooftop gutter downspouts, and stores it for use in the garden. When installing a rain barrel, an important ...

The barrels fill up quickly, and Hazlett recommends having the overflow sent toward a rain garden. If planting or maintaining a rain garden isn’t feasible, it is at least important to make sure ...

The city purchases the rain barrels in bulk at cost to pass the savings on to residents, according to Sietsema. At this time, the cost per rain barrel is $55, according to the city’s website.

The barrels fill up quickly, and Hazlett recommends having the overflow sent toward a rain garden. If planting or maintaining a rain garden isn’t feasible, it is at least important to make sure ...

Step 2: Cutting and drilling. Drill a 1″ pilot hole in the top of the barrel to start your saw blade and cut the top out of the barrel using a jig saw or reciprocating saw.

With springtime comes rain, which means a recent program about environmentally-friendly ways for homeowners to deal with the downpours came at the perfect time for people like Michael Stroud of St.… ...

In Prairie Village, it’s 50% compensation up to $75 each on rain barrels and up to $150 each on native trees, both with a limit of two. Typically, the money is available on a first-come, first ...

Rain barrels collect rain from your rooftop to use to water your yard and gardens. "A 1000 square foot roof and one inch rain will yield over 623 gallons of water," explained Thrasher.

As always, much more information on drought-tolerant plants, watering techniques and rain barrels is available at the Berks County Penn State Extension Garden Hotline at 610-378-1327 or berksmg ...