Rain barrel sale in Knoxville October 3rd

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Rain barrel sale in Knoxville October 3rd

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009 | East Tennessee, Home Life |

Join the City of Knoxville October 3rd from 9AM-3PM at West Town Mall parking lot for a Rain Barrel and Compost event.

Cool. I’ve been wanting some rain barrels. The ones in the pics have brass spigots at the bottom. I’ve got a couple of places where I could put these below downspouts and attach a regular hose or soaker hose to the spigots to water dry areas.

Capacity is 80 gallons. Price is $40, which seems reasonable. Cash or check only.

4 Comments to Rain barrel sale in Knoxville October 3rd

Bill
September 24, 2009

That’s a pretty good deal, even though the manufacturer website only shows a 55 gallon version:

http://www.norsemanplastics.com/index.html

We bought a rain barrel for half price on “Earth Day” through Amazon.com with free delivery and I’m surprised at how quickly it fills up from a rain storm and how much water pressure I get for the first half of the barrel. I can fill up a watering can easily. I might just swing by and purchase a few of these for the back of our house. Remember to bring them in for the winter.

Les Jones
September 24, 2009

“I’m surprised at how quickly it fills up from a rain storm”

I read a Web page once that showed how to calculate how much water you’d collect for a given size of roof. It was amazing how much water you could collect with even a mild rain.

Didn’t know about bringing them in for the winter. Thanks.