Water Your Garden And Save The Environment
Want to do your part to save the environment and save money on your water bill every month? With Rain Barrels from Cool Garden Things that can be a reality. The idea behind rain barrels is a simple one: when rain falls on your roof it runs down your gutter and builds up in the high capacity barrel at the end of the spout. The attached hose sprays all natural, nutritious rain water without wasting the city water for which you pay. The included debris screen lets water in, but keeps bugs and plant matter out, ensuring clean rainwater everytime. You can become a rain water capturing master by linking multiple barrels together using the included linking kit.
Rain barrels can be very helpful in the drier parts of the country, especially if the area you live in experiences droughts. During a rainfall, water falling on your roof is channeled into the gutter and most likely drains into a single spot on the ground and soaks a tiny patch of grass. Placing the barrel at the end of the gutter is a passive and easy way to take advantage of an existing, unharnessed water supply that will keep your garden happy long after the rain has passed. It’s surprising how quickly these barrels fill and it’s a shock to realize how much rainwater is wasted, considering how useful it can be. The money you save on your water bill each month after buying a rain barrel really adds up, the barrel actually pays for itself. Living in a dry region shouldn’t stop you from growing a wonderful, healthy garden, and with a rain barrel you no longer have to break the bank or feel guilty about using gallon after gallon of city water.
Using rain water instead of city water has superb benefits for the environment and your garden. Consider the amount of filtering and processing that goes into water that comes from the faucet, all to make it safe enough for human consumption. Depending on your garden and yard size, a good portion of that goes to watering plants and even the lawn when nutritious rainwater would do the job just fine, if not better. In fact Gardenguides.com states that “City water usually has chlorine in it, which is harmful to plants… rainwater is healthier for plants because it is relatively free of impurities and hard water minerals.” A rain barrel is an all around good choice for those who love both their garden and saving the environment.
While watering the garden is the primary use of the rain barrel, it definitely isn’t the only one. Rainwater can be used on the car, cleaning exterior walls or fixtures, or anything else for which you would normally use city water from the hose.
The simple technology of capturing rain for gardens has been around for centuries. With a rain barrel your monthly savings on water will make you wonder why you never got one earlier. Order as many rain barrels as you would like, the entire order will be shipped free straight to your doorstep!
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As we attempt to get back to some state of normalcy, we hope that our neighbors don’t forget to check the status of their rain gutters. Especially if you are channeling your rain water from your gutters into your rain barrels. Stagnant water may have built up inside your gutters, as they did mine, breeding mosquito larva, insects that carry contagious diseases, and clogs, that harbor virus, mold, contaminants, and allergens.
We thought it was going to take a whole afternoon to clean our rain gutters, however, thanks to my lovely wife, I now have a brand new method of cleaning my rain gutters. This system was invented and patented here in the US and is being made in the USA which makes it even better as far as I am concerned. (Small mom & pop business)
I was anxious to find out how close it would come to all of it’s advertisements. Was I amaze, and dumbfounded, to see how great it vacuumed out my gutters while I stayed safe on the ground. The Gutter Clutter Buster Kit allows me to clean even my second story gutters without a ladder and is so easy to handle I got the job finished in almost half the time it normally takes.
So my friends, there is no excuse now not to keep those rain gutters clean, all year long, and you will save time and money each and every time you use this great new “cool tool.” We love our GCB and highly recommend it to others. Be ready for the next down pour!