July 23, 2012

'Upcycling' Water?

This might sound like a ludicrous notion, but in reality all water is 'upcycled' or recycled. It all goes back to the three part system I learned in grade school. Water is always in one part of the water cycle or the other, it is either part of a body of water on the ground, evaporating/ed and floating above our heads as clouds, or falling to the ground as a type as precipitation.

This is not quite as complicated. Here I am speaking only about reusing rainwater on a small scale. Rainwater can be collected and redistributed to your garden very simply. Instead of letting rainwater run from the gutters into the street and into the city storm water system, it can be gathered in rain barrels and used when most needed. 

Here are some places for learning about how to make your own rain barrels:



As you can see from the plans a spout is attached to the base to attach a hose and make watering easy.

Another fun water use for the garden:


A bird bath!

Happy Gardening!

Nikki

4 comments:

  1. Ooh, very cool with the bird bath idea! Hadn't heard that before. Thanks!

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  2. Thanks, all things on my list to do in my yard...

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  3. That's a one awesome idea! I have been trying to think of something to do with rainwater and now I just bump in to this post. Great! Thanks :D

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