Garden remodeling; could be long.

[Blueberry]

...but it turned out that wasn't possible because of the water pressure, so we wound up paying for a barrel that we rarely use, and just letting the grass die.

This was pretty much our experience too. We had to re-do gutters on our old house and had them installed. We couldn't use a hose because of water pressure, and hand watering took much too much time for the veggie patches we had. We ended up basically letting them drain through because they were such bad mosquito breeding grounds (even with screens and such). Love them in theory, but not in practice.

[rebeccaC]

the real question is what does crazy neighbor lady think about it.

I’ve never used rain barrels but my building has an extensive rainwater harvesting system that helps with our water usage. I have a little more than 900 square feet of private outdoor patios with LOTS of potted plants, mostly drought tolerant and some herbs, on a moisture sensing drip system. I got rebates on the moisture sensors. With the ongoing drought here we now have rebates to remove lawns and replace the turf with drought tolerant plants. The rebates in my area are large enough that people replacing less than 1500 square feet of turf can do it for very little out of pocket money.

Hoping your system works well….thinking your doing a rain garden may have made your mother smile....

[Trek420]

the real question is what does crazy neighbor lady think about it. ...

Hoping your system works well….thinking your doing a rain garden may have made your mother smile....

Awww, thank you. Yes, she would have loved this. And the nutty neighbor? Who cares what she thinks.

We're in the vetting process now, searching for just the right contractor.