GUTTERS AND "GOING GREEN"

After all these years in our house (ALMOST 20!!!), we finally got gutters.

We're also taking advantage of those gutters and trying to do a little "green" stuff with them. We got a couple of rain barrels and have them set up so that when the rains come, we'll be saving water for watering out garden and other plants around the yard. Since the local Ipswich River is considered "endangered" since it tends to run too low sometimes, every little bit of conserved water helps!

Attached to one of our new downspouts is a diverter that allows us to divert water into the barrel on the right. Once that barrel is filled, the overflow feeds into the second barrel. When the second barrel is filled, the overflow from that runs off elsewere, safely away from our foundation.

UPDATE - The first rainfall produced enough water to fill both barrels. IT REALLY WORKED!