{"id":301,"date":"2012-11-29T23:49:14","date_gmt":"2012-11-29T23:49:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jnlyman.com\/blog\/?p=301"},"modified":"2013-10-12T01:47:16","modified_gmt":"2013-10-12T01:47:16","slug":"how-to-make-rain-barrel-steps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.jnlyman.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/29\/how-to-make-rain-barrel-steps\/","title":{"rendered":"Using pickle barrels to collect rain water"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We were fortunate in obtaining 3 each 65 gallon used pickle barrels.\u00a0 We decided that to put these choice barrels to good use we would begin to collect rain water.\u00a0 But in order to begin the collection we needed to tie the barrels together with PVC schedule 40.\u00a0 So we purchased galvanize pipe to thread into the barrel, secured the connection with 1 3\/4\u00a0 inch electrical nut.\u00a0 Then we threaded 1 1\/4 inch PVC into the galvanized fitting.\u00a0 Slip connection on other side to accept 1 1\/4 in PVC which would connect into either 90 degree elbows or T.\u00a0 Because the barrels will be collecting rain water from the house gutter system we connected a quick empty to clear debris coming down the drain pipe.\u00a0 Also used a 3\/4 in bib to connect to a hose.\u00a0 On the top of the outside barrel is the overflow.\u00a0 We will connect that to a hose a drain out into the grass.\u00a0 Need to keep the water away from the house foundation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\">\n<div class=\"mceTemp\">\n<div class=\"mceTemp\">\n<div class=\"mceTemp\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jnlyman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/RainBarrel13.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-314\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jnlyman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/RainBarrel13-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jnlyman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/RainBarrel24.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-315\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jnlyman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/RainBarrel24-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jnlyman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/RainBarrel33.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-316\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jnlyman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/RainBarrel33-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jnlyman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/RainBarrel5.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-322\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jnlyman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/RainBarrel5-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jnlyman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/RainBarrel6.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-323\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jnlyman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/RainBarrel6-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We were fortunate in obtaining 3 each 65 gallon used pickle barrels.\u00a0 We decided that to put these choice barrels to good use we would begin to collect rain water.\u00a0 But in order to begin the collection we needed to &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jnlyman.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/29\/how-to-make-rain-barrel-steps\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":122,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jnlyman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jnlyman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jnlyman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jnlyman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/122"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jnlyman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=301"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.jnlyman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":449,"href":"http:\/\/www.jnlyman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301\/revisions\/449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jnlyman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jnlyman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jnlyman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}