How I did it: My husband was actually the mastermind behind this, but it's worked out beautifully.  We put a gutter on the back of our garage then he put one barrel under the downspout.  He connected that barrel with tubing to three other barrels for a total of 220 gallons of water.  If we get about an inch and a half of rain, it fills all of them.  We use them to water the vegetable garden, new fruit trees and all the potted flowers.  Full barrels give us enough water for about six days.  Of course, a good rain does the watering for us and refills the barrels so we only need rain about once each week. It saves on our water and sewerage bills plus prevents run-off. 

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Jun 16, 2009, 08:26PM PDT | 0 comments | 9 cheers