How I water my small flower bed for color and health: I have a raised planter area with Lariope, siberian bearded iris and three water reservoir containers I garden some spring and...

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How I water my small flower bed for color and health

May 9, 2018 19:04:59 #

Lance Pearson Loc: Viriginia

I have a raised planter area with Lariope, siberian bearded iris and three water reservoir containers I garden some spring and summer flowers in. Last year I had big industrial gutters and downspouts put just around my porch which is a heavy rain flow area to collect the rain and get it away from the porch. I bought two 55 gallon food barrels and kits to hook them to the gutter and each other and spigots for the bottom. I fill the sprinkler can from the hoses. when the first barrel is full it overflows to the second and when both are the gutter and downspout act like regular downspouts. Best $1300 I have spent on a contractor in a while. It takes about half an inch of rain fall to fill them completely and lesser amounts tops them up all summer if we have regular rain. The rain water has phospherous and other advantageous chemicals house water does not. You can see that it is working pretty well so far. Those two barrels when full weigh 800 pounds approx. shot with sony a7 and canon fd lens 70-210mm f 3.5 that is 30+ years old this evening. Iris, daisies, wolf's bane, a blue perennial whose name I can never remember, lariope and sedum in the corner

Small selection and volume but natural and good colors I think.