Employer has thrown down a challenge - engage in a simple act of eco-friendliness and post some progress. Compete against other teams. Win prizes. Ok, then. Due in part to me needing a little motivation on a long-procrastinated task, I chose to outfit the ranger station with some rain collection barrels. Or barrel. Or equivalent do-dad. There's still some research to be done. I would like to make an effort to get off of the rather expensive "city" water. The garden and container plants are quite thirsty. If done right, a rain collection system could be beneficial for planet and wallet alike. First step, though: clean the gutters and see what kind of options I have.
Full and getting fuller. Gonna have to do this again - and soon - but it's high time to remove some leaves. Three sides of the ranger station are lined with gutters. All were full with putrid decaying foliage. Once clean, though, it became apparent that this system may have some problems with flow. A good deal of standing water remained; it seems it has a hard time traversing the rather level trough. Looks like some modifications are needed. Lots of surface area on that roof, though; once the gutter issues get worked out, rain volume should be rather high. Gonna need a big barrel.
Didn't take an after picture of the area, but this is where one of two down spouts connects. The previous owner didn't install mesh, so the down spout is rather full of leaves, as well. A project for a different day. Not a bad pic for balancing on a wobbly ladder whilst holding a bucket of rancid leaves. The S5 does a bang up job with the camera capabilities. Off to scour the barrel options at the feed store.
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