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 ...

Water bills creep higher every summer, and once watering restrictions hit, even a well-tended garden can turn brown fast. That tension between keeping your outdoor space healthy and not wasting a ...

Learn here about everything you need for a rain barrel water pressure calculation. Designing a gravity rain barrel pressure pump doesn’t have to be difficult to be functional. One of the most ...

As people look to reduce their water use for environmental and ecological reasons, rain barrels have gained popularity for catching rainwater that can be stored and used for irrigation. These green ...

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 practice of collecting rainwater for household and garden use extends back to ancient human civilizations. People in the Indus Valley used huge vats cut into the rock to hold rainwater that could ...

A homeowner replaced an old wooden rain barrel with a new one, noticing the rainwater collected has a whiskey-like scent. The new rain barrel setup includes a diverter, filter and overflow pipe, ...

Laura Jayne had been waiting a year for a local nonprofit to install a rain barrel at her Hollygrove home. She could use it to grow her budding garden and shave a few dollars off her water bill in the ...

Researchers surveyed residential rain barrels to determine how often mosquitoes took up residence in rain barrels and what preventative measures would most effectively keep mosquitoes out. Taking ...