Topic: Water Butts

[Tenuse]

Hello everyone.

Work continues apace on my allotment which is celebrating its 6-week-old birthday!

I am going to get a water butt (or several) but I don't have a shed to catch water off via drainpipes.

How do you catch rainwater if your water butt is supposed to be covered all the time???????

I am imagining big funnel contraptions. Do I just have to get in the car whenever it rains and take all the lids off?

Ten x  :P

[Ceri]

if you did cover one of them with a funnel contraption - I guess like an upside down umbrella and secured it into place, you would only need a smallish hole in the centre for the rain to get into one barrel - I wouldn't have thought you would lose that much water through evaporation from one small hole, as the funnel thing itself would act as the lid?

[Mrs Ava]

hmmmm....I have the same dilemma - no shed currently and as we have no piped water on site, water butts are a must.  So tell me, as I am a little jaded at this time of night, why must you keep the lid on your butts?  (sounds rude..heheheheh)

[jethro]

Hi EJ, you keep your lids on to stop your pants geting dirty ;D . The real reason is to stop your water going green  ::)with the algae, or in your case jaded, get it green  :-/ i know sick joke :-X .

[Mrs Ava]

Cheeky!  ;D
The water butt in my garden goes green, and it has a lid on!  Not terribly green, just a little peasoupy.  Surely this doesn't harm your waterings?  I know you should use clean water on seeds so you don't get damping off and other yuckies, but on plants already in situ, does it do harm?????   ;D :o ??? ;D

[jethro]

Hi EJ,you can get 'stuff' to put in your butt to clear the water up :o i think it's called 'aqua clear' :-/ but don't shoot the messanger if it's wrong :-[ . Also i clean all my butts out this time of year just to be on the safe side.

[Mrs Ava]

Such thorough personal hygene Jethro!  ;D  Nothing nicer than a cleaning your butt on these short chilly winter days!  :o

[jethro]

Hi EJ, yes i clean out all the nooks and crannies :o got to get them clean you know ::) ;D and i only use warm water, too cold for anything else :o . I will eventually use a power spray once the turbine is up and running :D .

[budgiebreeder]

Hi!Jethro glad you mentioned your Turbine. How's it coming along ?

[jethro]

Hi BB, coming along  nicely thank you  ;D but unsure wether to put it up as the little 'darlings' might take a fancy to it again >:( . I have completed the solar one but yet again not sure to put it up due to the cost, very expensive  :P . I will give the wind one one last try and see what happens :-/ with any luck the wind will be high and it will chop their hands off  ;) .

[budgiebreeder]

Here ,Here about the little darlings they are quite a problem round here.Short of a good crack round the a**e.Discipline is a dirty word these days but it never hurt us.Let us know how you get on. See Garden Vacs can you help.