Fwd: [cg] Barrels to store rainwater for greenhouse gardening

2006-02-16 Thread rainbowpauline
Garth, See Don's answer below. Pauline Begin forwarded message: > From: "Don Titmus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: February 15, 2006 5:21:57 PM MST > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [cg] Barrels to store rainwate

Re: [cg] Barrels to store rainwater for greenhouse gardening

2006-02-15 Thread tonaj
L PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [cg] Barrels to store rainwater for greenhouse gardening > >High temperature leakage is a new one on me. The likelihood for a >leak comes from letting water freeze in the barrel. The best thing is >to empty the barrels in late fall and turn them upside-down.

Re: [cg] Barrels to store rainwater for greenhouse gardening

2006-02-15 Thread William Hohauser
e- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Garth Taylor Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2006 10:56 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [cg] Barrels to store rainwater for greenhouse gardening Does anyone have advice on the best type of barrel to use to capture rainwater fro

RE: [cg] Barrels to store rainwater for greenhouse gardening

2006-02-15 Thread Fred Conrad
al Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Garth Taylor Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2006 10:56 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [cg] Barrels to store rainwater for greenhouse gardening Does anyone have advice on the best type of barrel to use to capture rainwater fro

Re: [cg] Barrels to store rainwater for greenhouse gardening

2006-02-15 Thread grow19
sounds like she is asking about chemical leaching from the plastic at high temps, not leaking? is this more the question? judy tiger, washington dc __ The American Community Gardening Association listserve is only one of ACGA's services to c

Re: [cg] Barrels to store rainwater for greenhouse gardening

2006-02-14 Thread William Hohauser
High temperature leakage is a new one on me. The likelihood for a leak comes from letting water freeze in the barrel. The best thing is to empty the barrels in late fall and turn them upside-down. Our garden barrels were once used to transport olives or pickles and they have us lasted over

[cg] Barrels to store rainwater for greenhouse gardening

2006-02-14 Thread Garth Taylor
Does anyone have advice on the best type of barrel to use to capture rainwater from the roof, bring it inside a greenhouse, and use it to water fruits and vegetables. I have been using 55-gallon blue plastic barrels that were once used for some kind of food transport. I like the barrels because