Even when rain is in short supply, beautiful rain barrels are not. According to Surfrider.org, if your area gets 1 inch of rain, you can harvest about 0.62 gallons of rain per square foot of roof area ...

You can’t always count on Mother Nature to fix your dry, patchy lawn or wilted garden. Perhaps the easiest way to conserve and store water for a non-rainy day is with a rain barrel specifically ...

There are many different sizes and types of rain barrels, and one of the most important factors for choosing one depends on how you’d like to use the collected rainwater. Our top pick is the RTS Home ...

Water is a precious and expensive commodity, but you need so much of it to keep a garden growing in the summertime. Gallons on gallons! It feels a little bit crazy keeping the hose on for that small ...

Cindy Sepucha painted the first rain barrel for the Boulder Barrel Project. This story originally aired Aug. 8, 2016. The Colorado Legislature spent years fighting over 55-gallon rain barrels. But ...

For years, I've wanted a rain barrel and now I have an easy way to get one. The Indian Creek Nature Center in Cedar Rapids is selling 65-gallon rain barrels as part of its Million Gallon Challenge to ...

These kids are saving the environment — on their lunch break! A handful of industrious third graders rigged a rain-collection barrel to the gutter system of their Park Slope school on Thursday, which ...

Even when rain is in short supply, beautiful rain barrels are not. According to Surfrider.org, for every inch of rain your area gets and 1,000 square feet of roof, you can harvest about 0.62 gallons ...