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Water-Wise Gardening There's money literally falling from the skies every time it rains. Here's how you can harvest your share.   |
Popular Mechanics
July 2009
Roy Berendsohn |
Will Collecting Rainwater Save You Money? DIY Home Does it pay? Yes, in terms of environmental stewardship. No, on purely economic grounds. |
This Old House
Jeannie Ralston |
Harvesting the Water With Rain Barrels Catching and using rainwater can be a simple single plastic barrel with a gravity feed to a flower bed or a sophisticated system that supply all your water needs. Here's how each is built. |
Popular Mechanics
April 22, 2009
Andrew Moseman |
Who Owns the Rain? Hint: It's Not Always Homeowners While rain may seem like a global common, nowadays it depends on where you live: By capturing rainwater, some homeowners are breaking the law. |
National Gardening
Charlie Nardozzi |
The BetterBarrel Container gardening is booming across the country. Up until recently the large-sized container of choice has been the half whiskey barrel. However, whiskey barrels are heavy when filled with soil and they eventually rot. Enter the BetterBarrel. |
This Old House
Jeanne Huber |
Back to Nature The greenest approach to landscaping returns a yard to its roots. |
This Old House
Marjorie E. Gage |
Reining in Water Use Ground rules for creating a lush yard that doesn't squander the available supply of H2O. |
This Old House
Keith Pandolfi |
Fixes for Rain-barrel Snafus Though they're easy to use, it's just as easy to overlook simple tasks that keep rainwater barrels shipshape |
This Old House
Roger Cook |
Smart Sprinkling When the skies are cloudless and the days are hot and long, you can help your lawn and garden survive by watering wisely |
Popular Mechanics
October 30, 2008
Ryan Wilson |
Why Porous Pavement Is Right for Your Yard Now Porous pavement allows rainwater to seep beneath the surface, into a gravelly, open-graded aggregate, where it's distributed to the soil for plants to drink. |
Popular Mechanics
October 27, 2009
Adam Hadhazy |
How California's New Water Laws Inform the Coming National Crisis As California withers through a third year of drought, state lawmakers have been recalled to Sacramento for a special legislative session to try and squelch a decades-in-the-making water crisis. |
