Sunday, May 15, 2011

The 250-gallon food-grade rain barrels have arrived. I've got them protected under the carport for right now till we can begin to set up our drip-tape irrigation system.


250-gallon food-grade rain barrels.

5 comments:

cherittfn May 15, 2011 at 11:35 AM  

Where did you get these. I am thinking of doing this instead of rain barrels.

My Edible Yard May 15, 2011 at 11:41 AM  

Got them off Craiglist. A young man on his way home from college brought them to me.

Since we have a well at the new farm, I thought it would be smart to attempt not to stress it with watering of the crops by creating an irrigation system using these and drip tape.

Ara

daisy May 15, 2011 at 4:10 PM  

Great acquisition! Can't wait to see what you do with them!

Anonymous,  May 23, 2011 at 1:55 AM  

Everyone know how you feel about the price usiing the laundrymat, but you should see what it cause just to keep one open. Also you could try hanging your laundry up in the hottest place in your home and turn a mobile fan on to help dry the clothing.

AlizaEss June 14, 2011 at 1:47 PM  

Ooh, I just found some of these on Craigslist too and we are hoping to use them to store our water from the hydrant. The guy selling them said we could use a power-washer hookup to get enough pressure to water our garden from the container... curious to see how you set up your water with these!

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