My First Garden, Compost and Rain Barrel System

This year we jumped on the band auto of going green starting with our own vegetable garden and rain barrel system. This video shows you how a prefabricated my garden beds, Compost and Rain Barrels and the cost on how much it was to make the rain barrel system.

Question about rain collection and organic gardening?

Do the plastic rain barrels off-gas chemicals into the rain water that would pollute the soil and vegetables? Are there alternatives to plastic rain collection barrels??? What type of roofing do you need to use for rain collection so that chemicals from the roofing materials do not get washed into the water, and into the [...]

Rain Garden Tips – Location

Gary gives a brief description of a bioretention area in DC and gives tips on where to plant a rain garden.

Rain Garden Tips – Soil Testing

Gary goes over a couple low tech ways to test your soils before you place in a rain garden.