I only looked the firsst line on the page that came up from the link:
"Price: CDN$ 224.51
+ CDN$ 107.89 shipping
Only 3 left in stock - order soon
Ships from and sold by Eshopic"
I'm thinking about installing a rain barrel
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I only looked the firsst line on the page that came up from the link:
"Price: CDN$ 224.51
+ CDN$ 107.89 shipping
Only 3 left in stock - order soon
Ships from and sold by Eshopic"
Certainly if you had the roof re-shingled recently you'll be seeing a good deal of the mini-gravel in the run-off. For years. Hopefully collected at the rain-barrel's filter, not building up in the bottom.
If it has a screen or is covered, then you're good.
I had a by-law officer warn me about loose tires partially filled with rain water as a breeding ground for mosquitoes and WNV.
Its a larvecide that kills mosquito larve http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0002...quito+puck&dpPl=1&dpID=51F-PdCsSiL&ref=plSrch
The classic anti-larval was a bit of light oil filming the stagnant water, and suffocating the larvae. Kerosene was usual, but no reason not to use food-grades if you're fussy. At five for a dollar you also could buy feeder goldfish from any petstore with an aquarium section; they'd grow fat on the larvae. But if you were unwise enough to buy a barrel with an inadequate screen, putting a cheap kitchen strainer over the inlet would do the trick and not leave you with conscience issues about chemicals or fishkills.
Think of the few mosquitoes you may breed, who might manage to make it back out into the wider world, as your personal effort to restore the urban bat population that's been ravaged by deadly white-nose fungus.
That must be a typo lol
The city sells the nice premium ones for $40 tax in
(they eat rest of cost since they want to encourage people to not waste water in summer)
Question for barrel owners: what do you do with it in the winter months? I've been looking online at what Home Despot has to offer (looking for something stylish). They say to drain the barrel over the winter to avoid freezing. Well, I've still got water coming down the downspout even in winter (melting snow, cold rains, etc.). If I've lopped 2' off my downspoout to accommodate the barrel, won't that just make a bigger mess if the barrel is in storage?
Would appreciate some insights here. Thanks!
Would appreciate some insights here. Thanks!
I wouldn't use them and risk it...they say its organic on deacription, whatever that means
I wouldn't use them and risk it...they say its organic on deacription, whatever that means
You know what I find funny? So many people so earnestly promote stuff like the health benefits of "juicing", chinese medicine, pesticides and organic bs when they don't really have any real knowledge except what they are fed by the media and those selling this shit.
Yet when there is a scientifically proven natural pesticide that they don't have any knowledge of, they don't trust it.
Nothing at all toxic or harmful about the naturally occurring soil bacteria in these pucks. It is as natural of an insecticide as is possible.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacillus_thuringiensis
I just disconnect the system and restore to original and place my barrels by the shed over winter during my winter clean up.
Yeah same as it's funny that people disbelieve all the nonsense being shoved down their throat and distrust everything and everybody that they forget to live and enjoy life. Who gives a fuck I say...just do what feels right, use the research that feels right to you and live and learn. So fucking what you are wrong or right, as least you don't question every little action and everybody a thousand ways a thousand times before deciding on what to do.
Just live a little and fuck the little stuff, not worth it.
Just live a little and fuck the little stuff, not worth it.
