What to do with a leaky rain barrel?
When I bought my house last year I discovered two rain barrels in my back yard, one fully functional, the other with a massive split in the bottom. During the growing season last year I found the non-leaky rain barrel quite useful as we had a watering ban for most of the summer. I created a 22′ x 25′ vegetable garden last year and I was constantly watering my plants with the collected rain water. As Bentley mentioned in a post last month, we went to the rain barrel give-a-way in Waterloo and each purchased a new barrel. So now I have two functioning barrels and one with a cracked bottom. For the last year I was trying to come up with a plan to use or get rid of my broken rain barrel. I thought of trying to patch the crack, convert the barrel into garden planter or even make it a garbage can. During a recent visit to my house, Bentley mentioned that I should convert the barrel into a composter. What a fantastic idea! Why didn’t I think of that? Thanks Bentley! This afternoon I put a pla
