Rain Barrels, Decks, and Rails....

Today on Homestead Homebodies it's time to set up our rain barrels for gardening season.
We start by removing a length of downspout, and leveling out the gravel base. We place some lumber, set the first barrel on it and install the connector. This is followed up with more lumber and the second barrel. We also attach an over flow hose that will steer water into an underground drain we installed.

Here you can see how the barrels are attached and here is the overflow hose.

Next we screw on the lids, attach an angle to the downspout and were all set for watering the garden this summer!

We also hooked up the garden hose and picked up our daily but dwindling supply of eggs.
We stained the rails for the front deck, stained the rear deck and removed the old, rotted rails from the from deck.

With all of this weeks chores completed, it's time to play with Candy who has been waiting patiently with the ball in her mouth.