I have plenty of roof (with solar panels) but the damn downpipes are all on the drive side and the drive is too narrow to accommodate 2 cars (its shared with the neighbour) and a water butt. I've looked at one for the garage roof but the only place to put it would make a very shady place totally shady and remove one of my spaces for a saladgrow planter. There was actually a water butt in that position when I moved in, but it blew down one day when it was empty and broke the garage downpipe, so I decided that wasn't a great idea.
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Originally posted by veggiechicken View PostWater butts on all the GHs and garage and, thanks to the current downpour, they are all full again. No sign of a drought here!
The only time I use mains water is for seedtrays and I collect that from the hot tap - which runs cold initially.Feed the soil, not the plants.
(helps if you have cluckies)
Man v Squirrels, pigeons & Ants
Bob
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Water butts on my greenhouse guttering as well. Also a couple of plastic containers which I fill when thewater butts are full.
And when your back stops aching,
And your hands begin to harden.
You will find yourself a partner,
In the glory of the garden.
Rudyard Kipling.sigpic
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I have 6 butts of varying sizes from a shed, and two greenhouses.
But none of them have been full since Christmas.
But as I do my growing in the back garden I can always resort to the hose, but try really hard not to.
I need rainwater for my blueberries in pots and carnivorus plants.Blogging at..... www.thecynicalgardener.wordpress.com
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Garden shed collects into a repurposed dustbin. Garage into a 100Ltr slim Butt. Greenhouse into two 100Ltr Slim butfs with another standby dustbin as reserve. Plot shed into 3 210Ltr butts linked. The plot butts are rarely full because the shed is only 6x4ft. This year (until last night) has beed a veritable drought and most of the butts have been low to empty. I shant have time today to check but all except the Plot butts should now be full for a while.
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