By Julia Fonseca Whew, digging swales and basins is hard work! Gutters and tanks are expensive. And as the skimpy summer rains of 2009 demonstrated, how do you harvest rain when the rain…
April 27, 2010
April 6, 2010
By Brad Lancaster © 2010 www.HarvestingRainwater.com Rainwater is known as “sweet water” throughout much of the world due to its pure “sweet” flavor when compared to brackish, alkaline, chemically-treated, or polluted ground and…
March 12, 2010
By Brad Lancaster © 2010 Drops in a Bucket Blog, www.HarvestingRainwater.com When I was little I was terrified of death. I often cried myself to sleep as I thought of the end of…
July 27, 2009
© 2009 Brad Lancaster, www.HarvestingRainwater.com Many garden hoses leach lead and other chemicals into the water as it sits in the hose. Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and brass fittings are often the culprits. To reduce…
March 6, 2009
Crushed rock or decomposed granite used excessively on landscapes grinds up mountains to spread them out in yards, but there are alternatives.
August 23, 2008
How runoff from apartment roofs, a parking lot, and a city street irrigated a bountiful 1-acre city farm