Was given a free 200L water butt recently. The tall slim ones are 100L, £24 at Wicks at the moment, includes all the necessary, my free one didn't, just a tap and lid.
I planted a rose at the side of my shed last year and unfortunately it sits in a wet hole (didn't know it was ) made worse by no guttering. So spent £25 on mini guttering that did just the one side of my 14'X6' shed roof.
This last weekend it rained, not heavy but point is it filled my butt a third. 70L in just a couple of days! that amazed me, thought it would take a lot longer, made me think the 100L wouldn't be much use. Water is £1.60 for 1000L. Height of summer I guess I use 30L a day on baskets and Toms so the butt won't last long and rainfall in summer isn't plentiful. My 200L is worth 32p, payback time 80days. Worth the hassle? yeah I think so, be able to water my Blueberry correctly and doing my bit for the Panda's.
Interesting info; Amount of water globally never varies, just the position. Think it's all in the UK at the moment.
I planted a rose at the side of my shed last year and unfortunately it sits in a wet hole (didn't know it was ) made worse by no guttering. So spent £25 on mini guttering that did just the one side of my 14'X6' shed roof.
This last weekend it rained, not heavy but point is it filled my butt a third. 70L in just a couple of days! that amazed me, thought it would take a lot longer, made me think the 100L wouldn't be much use. Water is £1.60 for 1000L. Height of summer I guess I use 30L a day on baskets and Toms so the butt won't last long and rainfall in summer isn't plentiful. My 200L is worth 32p, payback time 80days. Worth the hassle? yeah I think so, be able to water my Blueberry correctly and doing my bit for the Panda's.
Interesting info; Amount of water globally never varies, just the position. Think it's all in the UK at the moment.
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