“I don’t need any downspouts because the gutter won’t be much higher than a tank is tall.”
I had ‘short gutters’ on a Pole Shed at my other farm. I possissioned 55-gallon blue plastic drums that once held pickles for the UW Commissary on either end to collect rainwater. Worked like a charm.
We were in Menard’s a few weeks ago - I had finally talked Beau into getting me those ‘Gutter Guards’ to keep all the debris (read: CR@P!) from clogging up the filter on my rain barrel. We have a metal roof and exactly TWO gutters/down spouts on the whole house. It’s not like it was going to break the bank.
They’re not installed yet, of course. EVERYTHING is a ‘project for another day’ when it’s hunting season. ;)
I looked at leaf guards. Saw price, said no. At 5 foot high I’ll clean them.