One Mom project this spring was getting a rain barrel. I am not sure where she actually got it but she was in quite an upbeat mood the day it came home.
There were some instructions on how to set up the barrel, which Mom thought a bit excessive until we realized that the barrel would indeed need to be elevated to provide access to the spigot and a barrel full of water is very heavy. But Mom persevered and eventually the barrel was installed in a semi-obscured location with access to a downspout. With a big roof it doesn’t take much of a rain to fill it and now Mom’s plants have rain water all the time.
Mom also installed another plant at the corner in the back. I have no idea what it is, but it looks very plant-like to me and it means less lawn to mow.
