An Alternative to the Rain Barrel
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- Опубліковано 2 чер 2021
- My house is a good 50 yards from my garden, so placing a Rain Barrel under my eavestrough doesn't really work for me - but that doesn't mean I can't use the rain water from my roof to water my garden - and maybe enjoy the many pleasures of keeping a goldfish pond at the same time...
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"I chose the pond because this is where the pond wanted to be.' Subtly brilliant
I'm sad to see so many critical comments. Thank you for sharing your creative solution which you obviously put a great deal of thought into & which works so beautifully for your particular geological situation. It definitely encourages me to find a custom solution to my own watering issues. Thank you for cleverly salvaging what would end up in a landfill. Thank you for helping nature be natural. You are an inspiration! :)
Thank you very much!
@@maritimegardening4887 Haters have nothing better to do, therefore, deflect!
I havent even watched yet, only saw the picture in the thumb nail. Brilliant idea. One i will definitively show to my husband. I believe this would be a great solution even if temporary. Makes it much nicer around/near the house among garden beds.
@@maritimegardening4887 back in late 96 to mid 98 I attended a UK agricultural college and they did pretty much the same thing 😁 in fact the college had a smallholding type experimental farm and they had rainwater harvesting into a small duck and fish pond, the "muck" from the bottom of your pond will eventually be better than any store bought fertilizer or compost accelerator. Keep up with the common sense 😁
i realize I am quite randomly asking but do anybody know of a good website to watch new series online?
I would get the biggest kick out of you putting an old bicycle next to that pond and have it pump the water out while you pedal the bike. That would be the best. lol ~ Just keep being you because the world is better for it!
I like it!
This makes me think capturing rainwater is much easier than more hightech versions make it seem.
I love how amused with yourself you are about this. I get that way too when a project works out 😂 that enthusiasm is contagious and leads to more innovation. Keep it up!
So true!
Genius, I mean, genius idea! You're always gifting us with great ways and great ideas to make gardening better. Thanks so much. I love ponds!
Happy to help!
The path of least resistance...Abraham Hicks...I absolutely love it!
My AC UNIT CREATES SO MUCH WATER OUTSIDE IM GOING TO USE THIS METHOD TO WATER MY TREES IN SUMMER.
Mine too I catch them in buckets.
@@msdramamusic me too!😊
I've used ac water for years
@@wascalywabbit right! I have a garbage can under the AC DRIP I use it to water my plants in pots. I never thought about hooking up a hose though to water a tree.
@@jennyanimal9046 you know,an auto siphon would be great for this.. Towards the top,i would put a small hole in the side,put a 3/8th hose in the bottom out the top hole,raise up the bucket about 12" off the ground and run the hose a few inches underground to a plant you wish to water every couple days or so depending in bucket size
You always have good,simple and practical ideas that anyone can use. 👍🏼
A brilliant idea!! Have implemented it just now…yes…in the pouring rain and it’s working a treat. Finally a diy ultra simple no cost solution to a massive problem :)) motivated to dig a pond next 😁
Have fun!
I'm motivated to dig a pond next Spring myself!!
And I'll be getting some "muck" from the reservoir down the road!!!! 😉👍
@@maritimegardening4887 Thank you for the nugget to get "muck" from a nearby lake floor!! I'm hoping a reservoir would work as well? It's absolutely AMAZING that from that muck, species are born and even foliage will grow??!! God is SO AMAZING!!
Thank you again for ALL you do!!
@@joyannkjb4l250 careful... make sure whatever reservoir you are taking from isn't going to create any legality issues for yourself. Otherwise rock on 🤘😁👩🌾
Duuude! This is a fantastic, genius idea! I'm going to set this up at my elderly mother's house where she recently had a new roof and rain gutters installed. so cool. Subbed!
Sounds great!
Just what I needed to see! I rent a duplex with a downspout. I have a large yard and I bought a rain barrel. Unfortunately I got it right at the end of the huge rain season. We still get rain but not much. Because I’m a renter I don’t want to install an extender or anything. This is perfect. I can just put the other end of the hose in the rain barrel. Thanks!
I love the fact that you're using pond water we do too. I mainly watch your videos to see if you're going to go out on a tangent. I'm easily amused. Stay dirty my friend. I appreciate your time putting out all your wonderful videos.
Half my content is tangents :)
What a fantastic idea!! I'm already thinking about where and how I can use it around my house and garden. We get lots of rain in the Scottish Borders, I'm thinking if the container or pool gets full, just slip the water jug off the spout and wait until you need it again! Brilliant! My house is lower than the garden but we have a stone barn that needs new gutters, I'll do it on that. Worth mentioning, here in the UK lots of old houses have iron gutters and downpipes, I worried about how I could get a rainbarrel under one without hiring someone. The plastic bottle solves that!
That's a great point - iron gutters aren't so easy to modify :)
Love it. I use 2li pop bottles to let rainwater from the gutter into my water gathering drums. Very crude. Someday I will make something sophisticated like you. I also pick up thrown away hoses... mostly to someday water a bed with it or distribute water through my garden.
You should consider installing a solar water pump! Edible Acres’ most recent video shows how to do it really easily and for cheap. He slowly pumps the water up to a reservoir/ feeding bin that is easy to dip a can into. Hope this helps!
Thank you! He has two videos on it and they are awesome!
Do you a video on how you made the pond?
Great idea.
People just need to be aware of that run off on the roof does include roofing material (eg the shingle particles)as well as whatever gunk has been collecting up there prior to the rain feeling it a general washing off.
Other than that it's a great idea to somehow figure out a way to use that water for your yard or garden without necessarily investing in a rain barrel system
Also not just your pond water, but people's home aquariums with their goldfish inside the house , is also good for watering plants.
So in my case since I pretty much have to change out several gallons every week for the aquarium I just use that to water my plants instead of dumping it down the drain.
Well that is pretty cool Greg!
My garden is slightly uphill from my house...but...I collect rain water from my garden shed and a workshop I have beside the garden. I much prefer to use my collected rainwater to water with. I too have a well but being cheap I try not to use it for watering because it does use electricity which does cost.
Plus you are right rain water is better.
We had our first real good spring rain a few days ago and again last night so the garden will be happy about that!
Have a great day and pretty clever Idea!
Mike 🇨🇦🍁
Way cool! I just sent this to my big brother whobhas a big yard with lots of plants and a goldfish pond!! I'm sure he's going to love this idea! Thanks!
Please do!
Thanks for your videos. Thanks to you I’ve become a gardener myself . All your ideas reflect the way I feel gardening should be experienced.
By implementing your ideas Every year my garden gets better. I get to build my soil instead of buying it. All that to say. Thank you! Keep up the good work! Others may not appreciate you but I do. And it’s safe to say… I need you! 😅
Keep them coming!!! ❤❤😊
Thank you J.O. - I hope your garden is wonderful this year :)
I did this some years ago. I also piped the water from the sump pump pit into the same small pond.
The water draws all types of wildlife. The outflow from the small pond provides a habitat for wet soil type plants.
Good idea.
Goldfish "using the bathroom" 😂🤣😂🤣
BTW. I really like this idea. I have spouting from my shed roof I could try it with 👍
Go for it!
Thank you for the bottle idea. I will use it in a few places in my house.
Great idea. Yes, put things where they want to be put.
This is a great idea! Thank you for sharing-I have rain barrels, but I could do this on the other side of house.
Now that is what I have been looking for. Thank you for posting!
Hello Greg, Another great idea! Much appreciated.👍🏼😉
Thank you for sharing a greater idea!
Love the underground hose. I need to do this out to my garden.
I really like this rain harvesting hack!
I agree, that is great water to use. Fish poop alone. 👍🏻
Very nice. Thanks for sharing.
Great idea. Love the pond also. 👍
WOW!!! I was just thinking about rain collection yesterday. This is genius. And I enjoy the tangent journeys- so many little nuggets of knowledge there.
Wonderful! Enjoy!
Very nice of you to do your bit for nature..
I try
Every drop counts! Bravo!
Very clever but so simple thanks for sharing
You’re welcome 😊
Wow, this just gave me an idea that would really help me !!
Thanks so much.
No problem!
Ein Regenwassertümpel 🤔 gute Idee 😆👍
This is ingenious!
luv this idea!
Great idea! We’re going to try this!
Great job thinking out of the box! Thank you so much.
You are so welcome!
So many good ideas in this short video. Thanks!
Glad you like them!
Love this! Thank you for sharing!
Thanks Julie
Brilliant idea!
Clever,thankyou
Your neighbor had a great idea....and i can imagine you can run that hose anywhere when it rains...indoor tubs etc... for us city ppl. may come in handy
Absolutely
Love the entire video! Thank you for giving me ideas I never even thought about.
You are so welcome!
Hi my name is David Purdy I live in Dartmouth NS I have watched everything you have put out it's because off you why I got into gardening and so grateful I did the only problem I have is work I fish for a living and during garden season we travel to glace Bay cape Breton to snow crab in March early April we finish that season in August but we travel back and forth to home so I have been gardening for say this is the third year I get so much enjoyedment peace of mind and of course the feeling I experience ingrowing my own food successfully not with everything I grow or at least try but don't bother me if I fail that's from watching your videos other videos I watch there is so much perfection that at first I thought about giving up because I was not getting no where the same results so thought hey maybe it's not for me but following you I see that not every thing works out and what works for you may not work for me so that's why I didn't give up so I don't have alot of Yard but have several raised beds which is all organic material I see how important it is for mulching were I can't be there as much as I like to be. So make a long story come to a end I would love to thank you for your work and great videos that I have learned from and experiment with I have so many questions to ask but don't want to take up your hole day I will be continuing watching your new releases and I will reach out to you again when I start to see some production I was going to plant today my lettuce carrots beats kale and spinach but unfortunately they are calling for a Storm so I will have to wait till another day. Again thank you from myself and family and like they say your own food to grocery store is no comparison
Hey thanks man! Great to hear that you're continuing to try despite having some things go wrong sometimes. And yes, it's especially a challenge when you're away a lot. You know, I wrote an article on my substack page about this very topic - so maybe that might help. Here a link:
maritimegardening.substack.com/p/what-to-plant-for-the-absentee-gardener.
Nice idea, i will try that for my garden 👍
Great idea!
This is the solution we needed thank you!
So glad I clicked on this. Genius!!!!!
Water flows under our house. we dug up a spot in the basement and attached a sump pump that pumps the water into barrels. We need to fix our gutters and this might be a useful trick for us to remember. We want to set up a pond thing in the garden to collect water for garden use. as it stands the water we've been using is strictly from this sump.
Awesome idea. Thank you for sharing. ❤️🇨🇦
I have tree rain barrels with hoses (about 60') in the ground running to my garden attached to soaker hoses. I poked holes in regular soaker hoses for gravity feed. I just turn on spigots to water.
I agree Marion. If this UA-camr is willing to run a hose from the house to the garden, why not hook it to a rain barrel with a turn on/off faucet attachment? So much more convenient. Unless he secures the plastic bottle more securely to the downspout than shown or described, he will find it detached from the force of a heavy rain.
@@garykoblitz4932 that was kinda my thats too
Great idea. l love that the hose was someone else's garbage.
Some people don’t know how easy it is to patch a hose.
@@DovidM I got a roll of stretchy tape from the dollar store..
Love this idea,this was brilliant!
Glad you liked it!!
That’s really clever!
This is excellent idea😆 I'm going to make one for my garden😆 Thank you so much!
You're welcome 😊
First time watching. Definitely subscribed. Thanks.
Awesome idea!
Thanks!
Thanks so much for this tip!!!
What a cute idea! I like it.
Thank you! 😊
Great idea! Thanks!
Thanks for your videos! That is a really good idea. It’s too hot and dry where I live to do that but it’s awesome that works for you! Your voice is very calming, I watched a lot of your videos after my cat was killed. Very soothing. Thanks for doing what you do.
Thanks - sorry to hear about your cat
Wow love it!!!!
Great idea!!
Brilliant love it.
Thank you great idea 😊 beautiful property
Thank you! 😊
That is a handy idea!!
Now THIS is pretty COOL!!!😲
Neat idea!
A very good idea!
Cool place you got there.
Interesting! Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching!
Well done that man !!
Very nice set up
Thanks!
Awesome dumpster diving technique! Serves the purpose without cutting into the home budget.
Absolutely!
I had the same idea, but wasn't sure how to connect something to the downspout. I currently just have one of those diverters that you lay down on the ground. I'm going to run out and get myself a bottle of juice haha and try that. I'll run the hose alone the side of the back porch, under the step and continue to the other side of the yard where my garden is.
First I've heard of your channel. Two great ideas right away: store rainwater in a pond and bury a hose for longterm convenience. Then there's the funny wittering on, as we call it in England, the chatter. I'll have to subscribe. Lol
Better wittering than winging right :) Thanks for the sub - and yes - I do tend to prattle on :)
@@maritimegardening4887 So do I and I must enjoy it because I subscribed also.
I'd subscribed also☺️
Thanks for sharing
I think this is a great idea!
Nice! Unfortunately most my few plants I have growing are uphill from my house. So I recently put in a collection system (maybe 100 gal) and bought a second hand solar fountain pump for $30. Working on seeing how useful the pump will be other than to circulate water for my goldfish in my rain barrels. lol
Thank you so much that is ideal because the piece that I bought kept falling off and blowing away in the wind!
awesome idea, thanx
Thank you! Cheers!
Very clever!
Thank you!
Pretty clever
Thanks for sharing this!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Just brilliant. Thanks a ton!
Glad it helped!
That would back up during our frequent heavy downpours. It's an okay idea depending on where you live.
Or how much roof area the downspout drains
Then, if you get lots of rain water, you could then use a wider duct, such as pvc pipe, the principle is the same
Perfect for Southern California
What a great idea 😊👍
Thank you! 😊
I WOULD HAVE TEA THERE👍
THANK U FOR THIS VIDEO!!!!!!!!
It s a very good idea ..from Tunisia thank you
Thank you :)
Omg great show 👀👀👌👌 Les
Glad you enjoyed it
You could get a solar powered pond pump to get the water out of the pond. Love this idea. We have the perfect place to use this set up
Thanks for sharing
That's a great idea!
Sorry to be a negative Nancy...but there's no way a hose that small can support enough volumetric flow rate when you get a decent rainstorm. My rain barrel overflows are size at 2" in diameter for a good reason. I would just suggest connecting something larger in diameter (like trenching a PVC pipe). FWIW if you have enough height difference on your property, you can use gravity to drain a rain barrel with a 100' hose, probably a lot more if you have a 1" or larger hose diameter. However, you are right that they're not convenient for larger yards 👍
A decent rainstorm may cause it to overflow - which is fine. I'm not digging a 50 yard across my lawn to lay PVC pipe :)
You can drill a hole and put a spigot in the barrel and have the same effect and not have to worry about huge algae blooms i just use big black bags to cover my barrels
But then you need a barrel..
Hey Greg, thanks for another great video. I'd love for you to do a video on how to fix a garden hose. Thanks, Jess
great idea - I've fixed a lot of them so I suppose I should have filmed that