Place your water butt next to the downpipe and cut through the downpipe a few centimetres below the top of your water butt. Easy and fast: fill the ball with water and stick it at a slight angle in the soil all the way under the roots. Watering the garden can take a lot of time during the summer months, especially if there is a prolonged dry spell. If you do this it’s best to have the end of the downpipe just inside the lid of the barrel, otherwise you can end up with a lot of debris inside the barrel, which can lead to bacteria spoiling the water.

There is a special grow house available that will protect your plants from birds, pests and the bright sunlight.Made from frostproof and UV stabilised plastic it comes with a brass tap and is available in a wide range of colours, from muted milstone and black to bright orange and purple. Review: “I had no problems with the base - yes it's a bit fiddly but it helps if you assemble it where you are going to place the butt rather than making it and then carrying it around. Gardeners should save water as a matter of routine, because the next prolonged dry spell might be just around the corner.

However, if you invest in a water butt, the rainwater is diverted from the drainpipe to the water butt. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. This item is large, heavy or both and needs to be sent via a pallet courier, this is to ensure the item arrives with you safely and is not damaged in transit. You’ll find rain barrels in pretty much every garden centre now – and even some discount supermarkets. Both are extremely durable but plastic water butts are often cheaper, with recycled plastic water butts being an environmentally-friendly option.Manufactured from waste plastic in Elho’s entirely wind-powered factory, this sturdy black water butt makes a fitting choice for green gardeners. This 70 litre design water butt has an integrated watering can, and can be easily attached to an existing drainpipe. Coming in a wide range of materials and sizes, a water butts will help you harvest rainwater, and give your garden some extra drought-resistance. Unlike your typical watering can, the Elho Aquacare distributes water to your indoor houseplants exactly when you need it!

If you’re not to fussy of the look of your rainwater butt you can often find them for sale second-hand. Due to courier collections all goods are despatched on weekdays only and deliveries will be sent using your chosen carrier and service selected in the checkout. With a capacity of 350 litres, it can collect a huge amount of rainwater and has a smooth, natural stone look.It is therefore very unlikely that anyone can read the page you are on as it travels across a network.