Installing a Rain Chain and Dry Creek Bed | Here She Grows
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
- #rainchain #drycreekbed #hereshegrows
Rainchains are a beautiful water feature that add both good looks and soothing sounds to the garden. But before you add one, you need a plan for where the water will go during rainfall. Without good drainage, you’ll have water where you want it least, like in your basement. A simple diy dry creek bed is a practical and beautiful solution.
Here are the links to the products I used to make my rain chain water feature...
Rain Chain - gooddirections...
Rain Chain Anchoring Stake - www.rainchains...
Vigoro All Purpose Stone - www.homedepot....
Decorative Rock - www.homedepot....
Vigoro Landscape Fabric - www.homedepot....
Landscape Fabric Staples - www.homedepot....
Hi there! My name is Heather and I garden in zone 5b in the southwest suburbs of Chicago on a small residential lot. My garden lives a whole lot larger than it is and I love sharing tips and tricks, as well as plenty of mistakes, with others who love to play in the dirt.
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Nicely demonstrated!
A positive reason to use rain chains and anti-pooling methods is that mosquitos will not have an environment to proliferate.
I'm hoping that in future videos you might encourage your listeners to consider using drainage pipes that are linear, not spiral/corrugated, so mosquito breeding is deterred.
Thanks again.
That is so pretty & great job putting all that together!
Thanks Kathy!
Beautiful work. Thx for sharing 😊
Beautiful rain feature, excellent ideas.
Thank you!
Wow, very nicely done! Excellent job!
Thank you! I’m thrilled with the chain and think I’ll be spending a lot more time on the front porch because of it. Especially when it rains, of course!
I want to see it in action
What’s the purpose of the landscape fabric?
The heavy fabric prevents the rocks from settling into the ground.
Great job, that's so pretty. Please post a video during a rain so we can see it in action.
Will do! Thank you
Yah we want to see it working in the 🌧 🌦 🌂
Heather, you did a beautiful job! We recently installed a rain chain and I love it. Love to sit and watch the rain while having my breakfast. Now working on the dry creek bed. So much fun eh. Thanks for an awesome video. Jeannie Nova Scotia Canada.
Hi Jeannie, thank you! Isn’t the rain flowing through it beautiful? Every time it rains, I have to watch the rain chain. It’s mesmerizing.
I also have a rain chain at our front entrance. They are beautiful and relaxing to watch on our front porch when it’s raining. I learned that these are common in Japan. Currently my water is being captured in a large water basin but I really like your idea and I am going to give that a try with the dry rock creek! Thank you for showing this video , you did a lovely job😀
Thank you, Linda!
I really like the dry creek bed. Where did you get the material that you used to edge the creek bed?
Hi there! I bought everything from Home Depot, except the larger pieces of bluestone that I bought from a local nursery.
No rain footage?
Beautiful home and garden. We have heavy compacted clay soil so I was wondering if I can do the dry creek bed WITHOUT the fabric? Thanks.
I LOVE this project! And I love your channel! ❤️
Rain chain is very common in Japan, where I am from. I always wonder why I don't see many here in US. I assumed because many homes here have basement, and rain could affect it?
I do have a question about that though. Would it be enough to put down the fabric and rocks? Wouldn't water still goes down directly to the foundation? I was expecting you to use rubber membrane for a river or something like that so that the water goes out further. Thoughts?
Thank you! I think they’re underused too, not sure why. Great question about the rubber membrane. Before I did my research, I assumed I’d need a rubber membrane but found that the liner choice depends on what you want the water to do. A rubber or plastic membrane will take the water totally away and disperse it at the end of the trench. A thick permeable liner allows the water to filter into the soil while also directing it away from the house.
This bed gets very dry so I wanted a little water seeping through to the plants in the bed.
I should also mention that this rain chain handles a very small portion of the roof. If it was a bigger area, I would have gone with a plastic or rubber membrane.
Thank you for your reply!! It makes sense that it depends on the area and needs! Thanks again!
I have been following you in IG for a while and love your account! ❤️
Nice job on the dry creek. Why didn't you run the hose and demo it? Would love to get an up date now that you had all summer with it. Did it work as planned? What would you have done differently?
Hi Ann, thanks! I’m going to update just as soon as we get another rain and I’m home for it. It worked perfectly and I’m eager to see how it does this winter with freeze/thaw , snow and ice.
If you don't want water pooling at the base of the chain, why did you use a liner that allows water to seep through? Why not a water proof liner?
Hi! I love this video and just got back from HD with my supplies to create the same thing for my two rain chains. I'm very excited about this project. You made it very simple and explained every step perfectly. My big question is where did you find the 'blue chip stone' that you used for the edges? I can't find it anywhere. Thanks!!
Hi there! I found it at Melka Landscape supply in Orland Park, IL. You’re going to love the rain chains! I so look forward to rain even more now that I have it.
Very pretty and a great workout, too! I'm posting this Aug. '22. I wondered if you'd get the drainage you were looking for with the permeable fabric beneath the rocks. Maybe the grade from the porch to the yard is more than it appears in the video? I'd have thought impermeable for a few feet to get it away from the porch and them permeable. How has it worked for you?
Hi Heather! Loved your video but I can’t see your notes for some reason.
She really should have showed it in action
Agreed. I showed it in a follow up video. Thanks!
Turned out great!
Thanks Laura! 💜
Nice
Thanks! 😊
Could have put the garden hose in the gutter so we could see how this looks in use.
Great idea!
@@heatherhereshegrows Blessing towards your next endeavor/showing/video.
I found other videos to show how it worked. Thank you for the video, didn't know these existed.
Hi Heather 😊 Leave it to you .. Fantastic and Inspiring! I personally didn't realize those were rain chains. I saw one at The Growing Place that caught my eye in passing. It was umbrellas. I may get, but just to hang, as I cannot do as you since I live in an Association. I love your trellis you guys put up 👍! I tried emailing you a question the other day, but for whatever reason, it would not send through 🤷♀️. Enjoy your beautiful display of garden and works! 🥰 hugs
Hi Gina! Thank you! Strange that an email wouldn’t go through. Do try again!
Thank you I had never even heard of a rain chain until our Rain Gutter Guy mentioned it and your video was so very informative because I am going to have to figure out how to divert the water correctly. Thank you for taking the time to do this I'm going to be looking at your other videos LOL
Hi Tobi! Glad to help. It’s a great way to add a beautiful water feature to the garden.
Beautiful 😃
Looks really lovely!😘
Nice end result
Super cute !
Thanks Michelle!
Hi heather do you know if they ship to Australia?
Hi there! I don’t know if they do. I would send them a message and ask.
J
Nice!
Thank you for this video! I’m doing a lot of work soon with rain distribution! So glad I subscribed a while back!
Thank YOU! When you say rain distribution are you thinking rain gardens and swales too?
@@heatherhereshegrows - Yes and rain barrels. Figuring out ways to keep more water on my property in the right places. I'm adding gutters, rain barrels, rain chains and making changes to existing gutters and down spouts. Didn't think of a dry creek before now, so that idea is super helpful! I am having a landscape designer come next month to help me with some other things, and I will ask her about some of these things as well.
Great video but you never showed it in action !
Hi Ben, thank you! Wish I would have thought to run the hose above it for the video. But I did do a follow-up a few weeks ago to show it in action.
What a great idea. It looks very pretty.
Thanks Diane!
but the rain chain didn't work. In the follow up video, the water isn't following the chain and is splashing all over the place. The point of having a chain is to allow the physics of the water get the rain to run along the chain and not splash the house.
I think they only work for gentle rain, not real rain.