Rain Barrels

I was at the Bond Park Community Center in Cary this week, and saw their pile of rain barrels for sale.

They have real rain barrels with spigots for around $80.

Or you can buy used pickle barrels (made out of the same dark plastic as the ready-made rain barrels) for $15 and then buy a spigot kit for $16 and drill the hole for the spigot yourself.

They included safety features to keep bugs and small children out of the barrel.

I am very interested in buying one of these. Just think of having a 50-gallon barrel of water sitting at the bottom of your rain gutters, constantly replenished with water every time it rains. You could use this water for watering your garden, flushing toilets, or washing.