If you are familiar with our posts, we have written before and stressed the importance of rain water for your flowers or vegetables, and, of course, for your budget. Plants are a lot happier when being watered with natural watered. You can store this water in barrels or other recipients, but the problem remains getting a large quantity of water in a single place, instead of pouring over a large area.
You can direct the water by creating a path for it to follow (water spouts, for example). The biggest problem with water spouts in the process of harvesting the water, is that they are usually very close to the soil, and you can’t place a large container underneath them.
In this case, you can place rain chains at the edges of your house which will direct a large quantity of water directly into a container.
The garden rain chains are made of aluminum or copper, and can be found in various forms or styles: Japanese rain chain, cups rain chain, links, double links Zen loops etc.
You can also install a digital Waterflow controller, that can be connected with a computer, that checks to the local Weather Bureau for the forecast and decides if the plants need an intense watering or none! This can really save you a lot of money!
1 comment
Sherilyn Cail says:
Oct 26, 2010
Very informative article with some fascinating ideas! Can’t say I agree with everything you have written here, but there are several critical recommendations you have emphasized that can be very usable on gardening and related topics. Please continue offering more recommendations on this topic and related topics, as there are quite a few folks who are trying to get to know the costs and benefits.