Ditto on the drummers! Let's hear for the drummers!
Congrats on your 4" of rain, Dave. Good going.
I'm the water-catching type with the barrels, too. Some are 55 gallon, one is 350 (gifted to me from someone who "would never use it"). My gain, their loss, eh?
I also have a Lowe's/Home Depot electric sump pump-type thing that lowers into the bottom of a barrel and you can hook a water hose to it, plug it in and it really pumps the water wherever you need it. It works great and was only about $40.00 or so, lasts a lot of years. Perfect to soak a compost/manure bag in a 55 gallon barrel for a few days then pump that 55 gallons into my big 350 which normally has 300 gallons already. That is the perfect dilution for using the tea on the garden, potted plants/nursery plants etc and is easily done by just sticking the pump into the 350. Works great.
Now your barn catch system I'm sure will have much more finesse, Dave. I'm glad you can do that in Texas. I hope you make a huge underground cistern to collect it all in.
Shoe ("environmentally conscious" or "right-headed" as Dave said.)
"I'd rather be right-headed than bone-headed any day!"
