Making a rain barrel at home is simpler than you might expect and rewarding for multiple reasons. First, it's a great way to be more sustainable in your backyard and reduce those water bills, while ...

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 ...

The next time there’s a rainstorm, stand outside in a protected area and look at how much water falls from the roof of your house. It’s buckets and buckets full — water you can put to good use if you ...

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 ...

Rain barrels are an effective way to manage and conserve water on your property, but their practicality often means that they end up looking industrial, worn, and overall unappealing most of the time.

These days, it would be hard to ignore the need for water conservation. Due to drought conditions, California now enforces strict water regulations, and it may be the first of many states to enact ...

RAIN BARREL WORKSHOPS: Participants in upcoming DIY Rain Barrel Workshops learn how to construct a closed 55-gallon rain barrel system that can be easily attached to any standard residential downspout ...

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.