I’d never seen the sponge in the downspout trick before! I found a few good hacks on that web page.
My problem is that with all the rain we’re having, my new 50 gallon rain barrel is always full to overflowing with only 1/2” of rain. (We’ve had 3+ inches just this week!) I put a 5 gallon bucket under the overflow and that’s full in about 5 minutes, too! I HATE wasting that rain because come August, I’ll be praying for rain - but it is what it is.
I’m campaigning for ‘The Chairman’ to let me buy a second rain barrel. ;)
You got my Vote Lady Di. Rain Barrels Forever
I would love to have water storage and rain collection. If I owned my house I would try and send the gray water to the garden.
Of course I’d preferably be far off the beaten path with enough land surrounding me to grow food and keep outsiders from noticing...