Here are some of the rain collection systems I read about; from ugliest to most beautiful. Yes, beautiful. You'll see.
The best thing I can say about these is that they're $5 each on Craig's List, and they come in blue, green and white.
Not bad. I like the shiny, curviness.
This one is easily camouflaged with the garden itself, I guess.
Reminds me of the Tinman.
I like this one. It wouldn't look too bad sitting in a flower bed or amongst the bushes.
This one is beautiful. Let's build one! The CISTA rainwater harvesting system holds 100 gallons and you can grow your favorite climbing plant up the side for vertical green space.
I can dream.
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Hi there,
I have also been checking out rain collecting systems, as I want to catch the water that comes down from my garage. Unfortunately I did not manage to find big once here in Sweden, only some smaller tiny once, that are not at all enough with the big garden I have.
I have checked in Belgium also when I went back home and found also the most beautiful once over there, some really looked like design for the garden.
I was really frustrated that I couldn't find them here, and bringing one from Belgium was no option, it's kind of big ;-))
But I will not give up and will have a new look soon when the new season is coming up.
Hi Sis. Naturally, I have an opinion. :-)
Two things:
1. Size matters. You're going to have to build or buy stands, valves, etc. for each tank so fewer larger tanks are better than a bunch of little ones. The 275gal tanks we bought are small enough to be human-movable but large enough to be useful. Also, there needs to be a way to clean them out.
2. Elevate the tanks if at all possible. Since the rain is coming from the roof, you can use some of that gravity stuff (see Cori for explanation) for water pressure.
It will be a fun project. :-)
Our community is starting to get into managing storm water and as a weird professional, I had to make a couple for my private use and experimentation. I can't grow anything, so they are really just for slowing down the water. First lesson, if you buy them recycled find out what's in them before you buy them. Second lesson, if you leave any openings in them, the misquitos will find them. I tried painting one to look like a wooden barrel. I'm not artistic. Gretchen and the kids painted one with butterflies and birds and stuff. We look like hippies now.
Brother John
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