We also, after reading The Green Gardener's Guide (love this book!!), got motivated to finally put a proper tap in our rain barrel. 
I love this and now want more...more...more. We don't live in a particularly rainy area but this spring we did have quite a bit of rain; it really made me realize just how much water we could have saved if we had more barrels and some storage tanks. Tanks are our next want/need/plan-to project. ;-) Anyway, slowly, slowly we are getting things done, and I do love this pathway.
And so does kitty, see her there?
oh my. that is SO beautiful. what a work of art! it really does look like something from a beautiful poster!! lovely lovely lovely
ReplyDeleteOh, it is so beautiful! I want one of those going from my porch out to our BBQ/picnic area under the trees. Did you buy bricks or salvage them?
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ReplyDeleteWe salvaged them from the retail nursery when it closed down. I also have some that I got from a house being torn down. I like to keep my eye out for goodies and sometimes we score things on freecycle too. Actually, the rain barrel was on the side of the street in our neighbourhood with "free" written right on it. :-)
ReplyDeleteI love your pathway too, it looks great. A gardener's garden is never finished. We have so many unfinished projects and jobs to do around ours. I can see no end to it! x
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