Part of my gardening plan has been water collection for this year. In the spring, we were fortunate enough to purchase two water barrels at a good price and begin work on putting them in our back yard.
This is the area DH chose to place the water barrels, given that our yard is such a challenge. None of our down spouts are in this area, or even on the same level as the main part of the backyard.
This spot was chosen as it is the most level, and gives me access to where a large part of the gardens are. Those posts are four by four oak that was cut just for DH by a friend, and he carried them up the yard and cut them to size and places them.
That was back in May. Then, life got in the way, and the hot, humid weather of summer and so this is how the yard looked until now.
The next four by four was put in place. Red rock filled in the space to make it level, and the two water barrels have been placed.
It is not exactly where I would have placed them, nor are they in a spot I particularly like, but one thing I've learned after thirty years is to choose my battles and this isn't one of them,
So next year, I have decided I will put flower containers to the "back" side of the water barrels, along the four by four and either put flowers or vegetable plants. At least it gives me more flat growing space.
And no, the downspouts are not currently hooked up. I told DH since it is so late in the season, lets make that our priority project for May 2015, for which, he agreed.
I don't have a picture of it, but we've taken both water barrels and put them elsewhere, upside down, so that water or ice and snow cannot collect in them until next spring.
Gardens are always a work in progress. I hope that you will follow along with mine.
