Some say water is going to be the next oil. Whether this is true or not we should all be careful how we use this precious resource. Check out this graph that depicts some daily water usages. Beef, for instance, takes some 1500 gallons of water to produce one pound. Since we are interested in gardening we did not want our water consumption to be added to our footprint. Agriculture is responsible for 87 % of freshwater consumption, by adding rain barrels this effectively eliminates the increased demand.
Plans for our rain barrel system
The barrels were free from a local agricultural supply company and the stands were a free find on Wealthy Street from an old antique store. The black flex pipe was found at Lowe’s for five dollars.
Nick checking the barrels.