When it comes to watering your garden for free, you can't beat a rain basin — or, as many people call it, a rain barrel. This ...

A rain barrel is a small, aboveground storage tank that collects rainwater from rooftop gutter downspouts, and stores it for use in the garden. When installing a rain barrel, an important ...

The rain barrel is such a simple solution for so many problems, from controlling moisture around and under homes to easing runoff pollution and providing a source of free water for irrigation. And for ...

Robin Blair does what she can to help her plants thrive. She plants them in good soil and keeps the weeds away. She also waters them regularly with rainwater captured in barrels in the yard of her ...

Bob and Sue Ames are getting ready to remodel the one bathroom in their Fairport house, so they joked that they might boost up their new rain barrel and use it as a sun shower. They were among the ...