Redirect downspouts

[Judy]

Want free water for your garden? Redirect downspouts so that they empty into a garden or a rain barrel. The EPA notes that this not only benefits your plants but it also helps prevent stormwater from your property getting washed into rivers and streams and causing pollution.

[Saffron]

This is a brilliant way of using rainwater. We have done this by redirecting into a barrel and then feeding the garden by installing hose-pipes under the ground to to the borders. Each pipe has an on/off tap so that we are able to water the areas that most require it.