Blogs on water butts & barrels

Christmas Decorations at Kew Palace Kitchens

I am just thinking about making a few arrangements for Christmas and I was thinking about previous years. In December 2013...

I have now learned from this July experience

to make a plan of my garden space, marking in the area that is 'shade space' or 'semi-shade space' and think more carefully...

At Pauls (Bathgate)request..Water Butts..

The photo's you wanted Paul,showing the connections,from the shed Guttering.. Water Butt 1..on a matching stand.. diverter...

The Stretchy Hose

Following on from Eirlys's blog regarding feedback on the stretchy hose that are seen for sale on TV and in many department...

water butt kit

if anyone's thinking of buying a water butt kit in the near future, now might be a good time-Argos has 100 ltr kits @ £19.99-£10...

view from the back

Finally managed to locate the bungalow from the open ground between the back garden and the brook. I was considerably assisted...

3-barrel stacked water butt system

Just seen this on Instructables: a way to link three barrels to store rainwater, no fancy work needed, thought it might be...

I love a bargain

I saw The Daily Telegraph had a Special offer for 100L water butts with stand, tap and diverter kit for £39.99 plus £5 P&P,...

April showers.

April 1st, no rain for months so I did this.... Desperate measures, I needed that bathwater... Our hosepipe ban was due...

Think About Water

With many parts of the country in drought, two dry winters here in East Anglia, it is time to think about how you can water...

drought alert!

can you believe that Southern England is officially in a state of drought?? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-17102615

Another great day

I visited a new timber yard today to view timber prices for more projects . I have now stocked up for several summer...

cottage garden update Aug 11

Thought you would like to see how it looks now my lupins hollyhocks oriental poppies and canterbury bells are at last in...

Time

Hi HO HI HO its off to work i go. At least that's how i felt as i got to grips with Tiny's PlayStation project. Was...

April in June.

Well thats the kind of day it is here, bright sunshine then showers, I`m backwards and forwards like a yoyo. Doing what?...

Another garden project.

Now that the borders are finished,we decided the shed roof needs re felting..or rather,Russell did.!It has been leaking...

Californian Lilac update

As promised,I have found a perfect spot for her to live I think it wants some thing else in the pot, I thought of lily...

Waterbutt

This arrived from Amazon this lunch time its double the size of my old one, the frost got it this winter, was going to send...

Boy scout

Motto be prepaired, the cold weather appears to be on its way again. I have found the strong winds more damaging to...

Growing plants in an old "barrel"

I have an old wine barrel that I have prepared with the best organic amendments that you can imagine.. Tonight, I found a...

disaster

my water butt cracked open last night. Pinky and perky (my knomes) were totaley frozen into balls of ice . Not...

Bless my OH !

My dear hubby, like all hubbies I am sure, get the most awful jobs to do !! I have been 'nagging' him to get our water butt...

CANS AND ROSES ... Mister Blue Sky's up there waitin' ... :o)

My front garden ... Rose Heartbeat ... ....................................................................... Hello. ...

Water Butts / Barrels .. Watering Cans .. Window Boxes / Wall Mangers ... Weed Suppressing Membranes ... Euonymus

GOYPEDIA WATER BUTTS AND BARRELS ... Clarice's clever invention of a wheelie bin water butt. I've started editing these...