tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3747292134428854624.post4033004282687690970..comments2022-03-25T05:11:01.198-04:00Comments on More Green For Less Green: Rain Barrel Installation Part 2-Pammhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10413194582908263196noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3747292134428854624.post-56183269145634662522011-06-19T15:24:40.888-04:002011-06-19T15:24:40.888-04:00Last winter we used the water for indoor houseplan...Last winter we used the water for indoor houseplants and otherwise just let it sit and be part of the drainage plan for the house. I'd always planned to winterize by draining the barrel, storing it, and reconnecting the downspout, but that just didn't happen. We did not have any problems when the full barrel froze, though something about that still doesn't sit right with me. I'd love to have more uses for the water in winter. Maybe someday we'll use the water to get our gard to be more grass than shortly shorn weeds!-Pnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3747292134428854624.post-87731023488883249862011-06-19T09:41:05.440-04:002011-06-19T09:41:05.440-04:00Thanks for your perspectives. What I would like to...Thanks for your perspectives. What I would like to know is what you use the water for in the "off-season," or when you aren't watering flowers and vegetables every day. That is a lot of water saved... so then I think, "Now what?"blind irish piratehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13781314774264492284noreply@blogger.com