Even when rain is in short supply, beautiful rain barrels are not. According to Surfrider.org, for every inch of rain your area gets and 1,000 square feet of roof, you can harvest about 0.62 gallons ...

Rain, rain, don’t even think of going away. Stay here in the yard, where we can keep an eye on you. Whether our next rainy season is the El Niño-fueled gusher many experts are predicting or yet ...

When I first installed rain barrels along the side of my garage, I did it for one simple reason. I wanted to water my ...

It’s amazing how much water can be collected from just one rainstorm. Don’t waste tap water keeping your garden green. Instead, make the most of those rainy days by harvesting water for your garden ...

My sustainable homestead is evolving—and the new addition to the ever-growing project involves using rain barrels to provide my chickens with drinking water, irrigate my garden, and keep my compost ...

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 ...

Approximately 30% of U.S. household water use goes toward outdoor purposes like irrigation or car washing. Cutting back on that usage from your local water system can cut down on local pollution and ...

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 start ...

This is [Wombling’s] no-cost solution to getting rain from his gutters into a rain barrel. It is literally just a bunch of plastic water bottles chained together. At one end he uses the original cap ...

Some states restrict the use of rain barrels and other systems to collect rain water. What about Florida?

A backyard-inspired idea is helping the Chicago Cubs save water at Wrigley Field. The source? Rainwater collected from the ...

The Utah Rivers Council is bringing back its RainHarvest program, offering subsidized rain barrels to residents in 18 ...