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Vote for the Church of the Brethren painted rain barrel!

brethrenpriestess wrote 1 day ago: Vote for your favorite painted rain barrel at Elgin’s Gail Borden Library website: Vote! Clic … more →

Tags: Art, Church of the Brethren, elgin

Rain Barrels on Parade - now vote!

brethrenpriestess wrote 1 day ago: Vote for your favorite painted rain barrel at the Gail Borden Library website: Vote!  Click here! Of … more →

Tags: Church of the Brethren, elgin, Library, Gail Borden

Rain barrels should be mandatory

budint wrote 2 days ago: For my birthday last year my parents sent me a rain barrel. The barrel was a pretty ugly orange and … more →

Tags: Landscaping, Live Green 2.0, Renewable, River des Peres, Water Conservation

Make your own rain barrel with the City of Atlanta's DWM Care and Conserve program!

Our Green Atlanta wrote 5 days ago: The City of Atlanta and the Department of Watershed Management invite you to join your Atlanta and D … more →

Tags: gardening, Homes, water, recycled rainwater, Department of Watershed Management, Water Works Lodge

New rain collection law takes effect today2 comments

gardeningafterfive wrote 2 weeks ago: Small changes to a big law are taking place in Colorado.  In April, Governor Ritter signed SB80, whi … more →

Tags: rainwater collecting

Water Harvesting & Rain Barrels

Sharon Miller wrote 2 weeks ago: Now that I am feeling a little humidity in our desert air, I can’t help but think of the monso … more →

Tags: rain barrel, water harvesting

Rain, don't go away...1 comment

Erin wrote 3 weeks ago: …but if you do we are ready. It has been raining a lot this spring…but Cincinnati usual … more →

Tags: how to install a rain barrel, organic garden, rainwater tank, sustainability, rain barrel, Self-Sufficiency, sustainable earth

Backyard Abundance tour Saturday1 comment

cindyha wrote 3 weeks ago: Toni and Jake DeRyke home (photo, Backyard Abundance) Information on the following Backyard Abundanc … more →

Tags: Gardening Events, Backyard Abundance, Environmental, Food, fred meyer, Habitat For Humanity, Iowa City, Jake DeRyke, Local

Painted Rain Barrels Combine Art and Sustainability

Chandra Sherin wrote 3 weeks ago: Washburn neighborhood, in La Crosse, Wisconsin held its first annual rain barrel painting contest an … more →

Tags: Environment, Art, Green La Crosse, painted rain barrels, sustainability, washburn neighborhood rain barrels

Have you consider using rain barrels?

nancysoffice wrote 4 weeks ago: Hey, homeowners lets consider conserving our waters by buying one or a few rain barrels. In the summ … more →

Tags: Home & Garden, rain barrel, rain water barrel, rain water barrels, rain harvesting, rain barrels for sale

Rain Harvesting...good idea or waste of time?

premierponds wrote 1 month ago: Aquascape Design has designed an innovative system to harvest the rainwater after a rain fall.  Its … more →

Tags: Ponds and Water Gardens, rain harvesting, rain collection, rain collector

Bad Weather

idubrawsky wrote 1 month ago: Last night we had a tremendous downpour here in the D.C. area. We had a total of 2.5″ of rain … more →

Tags: beekeeping, gardening, Bees

ECO - LIFE IDEA Rain Barrels And Saving Water

BJ Halliday Crawley wrote 1 month ago: “A Pale Green Mermaid Blog” Saving water by using a rain barrel may sound silly, but if … more →

Tags: saving planet, Economy, Gardens, green jobs, Planet Green Trust, saving the earth, saving water, southwest united states

Holly asks: How about considering conservation initiatives in the water rate discussion? Why not? 1 comment

Adam wrote 1 month ago: One of my objectives for  Just About Normal is that it should give citizens a chance to be heard, an … more →

Tags: Town Council, water, Normal Town Council, Town of Normal, Local Government, water rates, Water Conservation, Normal Water Department, incentives

Installing a Rain Barrel

Baltidome wrote 1 month ago: Rain barrels are one of the hottest things to hit the gardening world.  Despite the fact that the co … more →

Tags: urban gardening, baltimore gardening, Joel The Urban Gardener

New Garden

idubrawsky wrote 1 month ago: I finally finished raising the height of the garden beds.  We added an additional 6 inches of height … more →

Tags: beekeeping, gardening, Bees, Bumblebees, Garden

Art on a Rain Barrel Competition

mgplgoinggreen wrote 1 month ago: The Chicago Botanic Garden and the governor of Illinois are sponsoring the Art on a Rain Barrel (AoR … more →

Tags: art contests, Illinois, rain barrel art

Garden and Bees Update

idubrawsky wrote 1 month ago: We’ve been raising the garden beds using the same material that we used to make the beds last … more →

Tags: beekeeping, gardening, Bees, Garden, Herbs, hives

Rainwater Tanks2 comments

Erin wrote 1 month ago: We got 275-gallon rainwater tanks today! These tanks are re-purposed food containers…they had … more →

Tags: organic garden, rainwater, rainwater tank, recycle, reuse, rain barrel, rainwater tank


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