Rain Barrel in Summerville, SC

I honestly never thought I'd be posting about rain barrels - but I am. What prompted this you ask? Well, I saw that Summerville, SC is having a deal/partnership with a rain barrel company and I plan on ordering one of them. This year my wife and I decided to build a garden in our back yard. Since we both have the opposite of green thumbs (I'm not sure what color that makes our thumbs) we sought the help and expertise of my in-laws.  My father-in-law helped me build it (actually - he built and I assisted (that's code for watched).  My mother-in-law helped with it by staining, purchasing and helping us choose what to plant.  Last week we had our first edible veggies (cukes) and now we have some squash as well.

As you know when it rains here in Summerville, it rains.  I grew up in Pittsburgh, PA and when it rained there it would rain all day and we'd get an inch of rain over 12 hours.  Here, it'll rain for 6 minutes and we'll have 3 inches.  It's my amateur understanding that rainwater is much better for the garden and lawn that city water which is where the rain barrel comes into play.  I remember last year (maybe the year before) Summerville had a similar program but I figured I did not need one but now I want one. Here are some benefits of a rain barrel:

• It saves on your water bill
• Don't drink it - use it for watering indoor and outdoor plants.  40% of your water usage comes from watering yards, washing cars, watering plants and other outdoor chores. 
• It can reduce flooding in your yard and stop the grass from dying from those low areas (if that's where the downspout dumps it out).
• It also reduces the amount of sediment and other pollutants that would be washed away with the runoff into nearby Summerville storm drains and local streams.

DID YOU KNOW:  1 inch of rain on a 1000 sq ft roof yields 623 gallons of water. Calculate the yield of your roof by multiplying the square footage of your roof by 623 and divide by 1000.

You have till May 29th to order your rain barrel in Summerville.  Go to http://www.rainwatersolutions.com/products/acsec-ivy

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Jason Gregg

Keller Williams Realty

843.696.8627

Jason.Gregg@kw.com