Garden

[proudlyfromNJ]

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@Mz iMac wrote:

@proudlyfromNJ  A couple of 5 qt pots is sufficient. 

My father used pans for "showers."  Then he poured the rain  from the pans into "large spray" bottles.

The complex where I live, the gardeners use stainless steel mop buckets & 5 qt pots.

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@Mz iMac  I think it all depends on what you have to water. 

[reviewer from sc]

We purchased rain barrels with screens on the lids. You have to. Otherwise, you not only get mosquitoes, you get leaves and dirt in the barrels. A real mess. When we put our new gutters on the house, we had water spouts put in the corners. We put the rain barrels under the water spouts. They are a huge help during a drought. 

[Mz iMac]

@proudlyfromNJ  And also, how much rain your part of the country normally gets.

[sann]

Right now there's not been any rain where I live and hasn't been in weeks ......

[proudlyfromNJ]

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@Mz iMac wrote:

@proudlyfromNJ  And also, how much rain your part of the country normally gets.

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@Mz iMac  That's true. Our lawn is almost all brown at the moment. The lawn water dohickey is squirting away. We have a well.

[SouthernBee]

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@Mz iMac wrote:

I grew up around gardeners & where I live now, we have a community garden.  Never in my 72 yrs have I seen gardeners use a "rain barrel" whatever that is.  Is it an actual barrel?

Pots & pans as well as a mop bucket catches rain water just fine.

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@Mz iMac :

[SouthernBee]

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@KingstonsMom wrote:

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@SouthernBee wrote:

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@KingstonsMom wrote:

Here in the southern states (GA), we don't do that.

We have a lot of mosquitoes which lead to heartworm disease, something that we pay for to prevent, and it's not cheap!

The treatment to our pets for heartworm is even worse....they can only treat it with arsenic, very hard on the pet and VERY expensive.

We remove any standing water immediately, even after a heavy rain.....

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@KingstonsMom : I was concerned about the mosquitoes and they have a dog.

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@SouthernBee 

Our pets have always been on heartworm preventative, but in spite of that, our Sheltie, Harley. still got heartworms.

As I said, the treatment involves them being in the Vet hospital for 2 weeks, while being treated with arsenic to kill them, they have to be monitored constantly during the arsenic treatment.

Meet Harley.....

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@KingstonsMom : Thanks for sharing. Hi Sweet Harley🤗♥️🤗

[OKPrincess]

We haven't had rain in a long time and none in the forecast so I don't need a barrel. 🥵

[reviewer from sc]

Put in your favorite search engine the following words: "rain water solutions 50 gallon rain barrel". You can get an idea of many types of rain barrels for your gardening and lawn needs. 

[gardenman]

I've used rain barrels for decades. They're great. I've used just plastic trash cans and more recently stock tanks. The amount of water you can collect from even a small rain shower is impressive.