Rain, Rain, welcome back!

So far my garden has only been water with rainwater. Either with rain falling from the sky or rain gathered during rain storms. Yesterday I used up the last of my reserves. I've been using it frugally by watering first thing in the morning and watering close to the base (i.e. not watering the foliage or the surrounding yard). My thought is that by being really careful with when and where I water I can get more to the plant and waste less. It seems to have worked. Despite the hot weather (sans rain) the plants have looked vibrant.

Today its raining and when you collect rain water you tend to look forward to the rain. So the garden is getting a good watering and my water coffers are filling up. I encourage anyone to start. Just grab some pails or plastic bins and put them under the eaves of your roof. You don't have to worry about spigots and screens etc at first. You don't even need rain barrels though they're nice. You just need something to hold the water and then some way of getting it from the container to your plants. While I certainly aspire to more clever (and larger) collection systems, start small and take advantage of that great stuff falling from the sky.