greenfreak
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Member since 9/06 11483 total posts
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greenfreak
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We finally setup our rain barrel!! [Pics]
I bought the rain barrel last year but we didn't get around to setting it up by the end of the season.  Since it's in a place viewable from the patio, DH wanted it to be pretty. And pretty doesn't come cheap! You could save $100 or more if you bought other kinds or even built your own. We got this from Gardeners.com for $219.00. Yea, I know.  But we have the money and it's exactly what we want.
It holds 65 gallons of water, has a spigot that I attached a soaker hose to, an additional hose that I can use to fill up watering cans, an overflow valve at the top that we're going to run a hose from to the front of the house, and a little reservoir at the top that I can put some kind of decorative item in or a potted plant.
So here they are, the pics...
Before
After I cut the gutter and refastened it to the house, leveled the ground, built and leveled a two layer brick base, put together everything:
I plan to put a large potted plant in front of that huge ugly pipe to hide it. I also have to bury the soaker hose under the pine needle mulch too.
I bought some more Heuchera to fill some gaps in that shade bed there, among all the ferns I planted last year.
The pink is Heuchera Georgia Peach and the purple is... I forget.  I'll update the name if anyone likes it, but there's a ton of purples out there.
I never thought green, peach and purple went together. But I love how they look and since it's almost full shade in this area, I need vivid colors to brighten it up.
Anyway, thanks for looking!!
Message edited 5/1/2010 5:17:33 PM.
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AngelaD1031
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Member since 11/09 219 total posts
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Angela
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Re: We finally setup our rain barrel!! [Pics]
Wow, that is just awesome! In addition to it being great and green, it looks beautiful!
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