Water is precious and dear, how to harvest rainwater?
The best water for the garden is rainwater: do not deprive your vegetables and your plants, and install on your property a reservoir. The tap water is expensive, it is more scarce, it is often limestone and use does not always crops. Strawberries, beans, peas, roses, hydrangeas and magnolias are usually chlorosis when water to water limestone. Water drawn from wells is too cold to be spilled, as on plants, while rain water stored in tank sattiedit. You can buy a tank of plastic, in a garden or DIY store. These tanks, there are different volumes, tailored to your needs and the ability to recover your gutters. The tank of rainwater, must be elevated to slipbelow a watering because the valve drawing at the bottom of the tank, then the height of the watering can, you take as a reference to calculate the height of the basement (usually 30 to 50 cm). You can install the tank of rainwater on blocks and a slab of concrete, so you drag your watering below. Some tanks of rainwater have a polyethylene cover, to link the descent of gutter to the reserve rainwater pierce the cover to the jigsaw or saw the bell, the same diameter as the gutter . The tank should be fitted with a too-full will not overflow in case of heavy rain. This is a simple PVC pipe, which penetrates the upper part, it is generally stuck with silicone chews. The sewer must be connected to the exhaust system of rainwater. A final criterion relates to aesthetics: it is not always desirable to put the tank near the house. Typically, a garden shed or garage are well suited to this type. If you believe the night scenery, you can hide by planting a few bushes in front. Do not forget either that the recovery rainwater is free, sustainable, environmentally friendly. Awareness on the environment and especially the scarcity of water, began to gain ground, so please is a "civic". Moreover, the rain water, can also be used to wash your hair, they will only softer and shiny.
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