You can make cheap, functional rain barrels with trash cans and simple PVC plumbing and electrical conduit fittings. Line up as many as you need to meet your watering needs and save water around your ...

With the right catchment system, you can use rain to water your yard, wash the car and even flush the toilet Though people have been collecting rainwater for thousands of years, the process can be ...

Rain barrels are a great way to go green, as long as your neighborhood doesn’t frown upon them. [NikonUser]’s barrel sits up high enough that he has to climb up on an old BBQ and half-dangle from the ...

SOMERVILLE — Using wrenches and other tools to assemble brass valves and other plumbing fittings, a group of Somerville residents recently got a hands-on lesson in how to build and install a rain ...

Which rain barrel is best? From a light drizzle to a sudden downpour, hundreds of millions of gallons of rainwater goes down the waterspout annually. Harvesting this bounty for your own use is as easy ...

Cornell Cooperative Extension of Onondaga County aims to have 250 rain barrels built in one weekend. Cooperative Extension trained 25 people to build rain barrels in July, with support from Onondaga ...

[Kyle Gabriel] moved into a house with a nice tract of land behind it, but due to his busy schedule he had yet to plant the garden he so desperately wanted. He worried that his hectic life and busy ...

The City of Charlottetown is launching another rain barrel sale in an effort to encourage residents to conserve water. Residents and business owners can purchase the rain barrels for $65 from March 22 ...