I purchased my rain barrel through "Gardener's Supply CO. many years ago. I have it elevated and under a gutter pipe on our shed. It does fill up quickly after a heavy rain and not enough water to water my garden (25'x60'). We had a cistern buried which hold lots more water and you can't see it because it's underground. I leave the small pump in the cistern and water when the soil looks dry. I do keep an organic mulch on my garden beds to keep the moisture in the soil from evaporating. That leaves me to mu next question but I'll start another thread on that subject...Composting in TV.
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