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My rain water collecting system
This is a cheap rain water collecting system was all made with scraps 2 barrels was free 2 i paid 5 bucks each. The trash can is a heavy commercial model with a hole drilled near the bottom and a used shut off and a garden hose. the downspout from… More
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Yellow Rain Lily??
Does anyone have yellow rain/fairy lily (zephyranthes) bulbs to trade? I have heirloom bulbs I'd be happy to swap. See photo with this. I got this lovely pink one from my 95 year old neighbor, 5 years ago. She had gotten it about 60 years before that from the mother… More
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"Rain Gardens on Clay Soil Sites"
Just read about rain Gardens ("Bioretention Pond"). Didn't know where to post it (mods can move it, if it doesn't belong here. :D ;) ). Thought some of you might want to know about rain gardens also. http://www.for-wild.org/download/rainclay/rainclay.html With changing federal laws governing water quality, many municipalities are enacting storm… More
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Rain garden/collecting roof rainwater
...es anyone have any info on how to collect and use rainwater? We are looking into getting gutters and I want to be able to channel the water to my gardens. I don't want a bunch of surface hoses either. I've thought… More
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LOTS of rain...strange weather here
So TIRED of this crazy weather! Think Mother Nature is trying to tell us something? Have lots of plants that should have been planted already but I am afraid to put them out until it stays warm! How is everyone doing? Any Ideas? My Mom has the green thumb, she… More
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Interested in rain lilies
Hi, I am in need of rain lilies. I have bulbs of whites with yellow centers(zephyranthes candid) I could trade for various colors. Or, if someone would be kind enough to send me other colors of rain lilies, that would be great. More
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Rain gardens
... very low. About 10 by 20. I would like to make a rain garden. I know I have to make a dry stream bed to the drain under the shed but a lot of water… More
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Rain Rain Go Away
... it has been in 40s 50s this last 4 or 5 days and raining on and off. This morning it rained but this afternoon is starting to clear up. Maybe tomorrow it will be clear. More
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Rain Rain
We went so long without rain , but in the last week that has changes, in the last four days I have had 5 1/2" rain, how sweet it is, The Garden Is Alive, Later GT More
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Too much rain!
... am so frustrated. We have had copious amounts of rain between our regular afternoon showers and Tropical storms. My corn, squash, cucumbers, cantaloupes, green beans and sunflowers are so beat up. I don't know if they are going to make it. I have delayed starting more seeds because of… More
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rain garden
Hey, has anyone heard of a rain garden? I wanted to put one in after reading an article about one, but I can't remember where I read about it, and can't find the article again. Does anyone know what plants are good to use for this?:) More
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I need to seperate but the RAIN!!
...erate some sediums and hostas... But its going to rain till thursday.. they are growing pretty good and I need to do it this week. I am going to be starting work at the end of the week and I won't have time. I was wondering… More
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Rain lilies
My neighbor just handed me about 12-14 rain lily bulbs from her garden with the leaves attached. I live in central Florida and they will bloom in the summer-fall. Do I need to cut the leaves off and then just plant the bulbs or do I leave the leaves on… More
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A Day After Rain
Words & pictures just can't describe what I saw this morning. What a beautiful site I woke up to. Third and last picture is the first thing I saw. Then it started to get dark again but now the sun is sneaking out. More
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Rain Chain
I have recently fell in love with rain chains and would like to know if anyone has one and if so do you like them. I intend to get one in the spring and my favorite are the cup shape ones like the one in the photo. I really would… More
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After the rain
We got a nice rain this morning. The water droplets on the broccoli leaves were neat. More
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