Emma Stenhouse is a marine scientist, educator, and writer with more than 16 years of experience. She holds an M.S. in Marine Science from the University of Plymouth. Installing a rain barrel system ...

Roman Gonzalez is the creator of the urban gardening blog MrBrownThumb, founder of the Chicago Seed Library, and a co-founder of One Seed Chicago. Rainwater harvesting relieves our aging sewer systems ...

Collecting rainwater can conserve water and save you money. The easiest way to collect water from the sky is to set out a bucket and wait for it to start pouring down, but in order to use the water ...

You can make cheap, functional rain barrels with trash cans and simple PVC plumbing and electrical conduit fittings. Line up as many as you need to meet your watering needs and save water around your ...

Approximately 30% of U.S. household water use goes toward outdoor purposes like irrigation or car washing. Cutting back on that usage from your local water system can cut down on local pollution and ...

The installed rain barrel was painted brown and fitted with a brass spigot for feeding the garden hose. Putting a scrap lattice on its sides isn’t necessary, but does make the setup look more ...

The following is an excerpt from DIY Projects for the Self-Sufficient Homeowner by Betsy Matheson (Creative Publishing International, 2011). This handy book is your first step toward participating in ...

So my sister, gardening mother and I were all delighted when he rigged up an irrigation system for the Sutton garden out of rain barrels, PVC pipe and a sump pump. I'm not quite sure how he got the ...

Rain barrels are an inexpensive way to conserve water in your landscape. They are typically used in conjunction with your gutter system to capture rainwater from the roof and store it for later use.

If you are stuck without rain gutters on your house, dealing with all that water runoff can be a pain—DIY web site Instructables has a guide to creating a gutter-free rain barrel so you can put that ...