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My dad is getting on in years now and doesn’t have a yard to tend. But if he did, I’d buy him a rain barrel. It’s just the right thing to do in 2010, don’t you think?

I got my own rain barrel this week – from rainbarrel.ca, of course! It’s a grey one, very exciting to pick it up at the bus station and bring it home on a sunny evening here in Vancouver.

Once I set it up (took seconds) and placed it strategically under my down spout, I admired it and walked away. Within 24 hours, it was raining (odd late spring we are having here – it should be dry by now!). Within a day and a half, my barrel was full!

Now I’m waiting for the rain to stop so I can use my water outdoors. But I can put my watering can under the spigot and bring fresh water in to my plants in the house – so much better than the chlorinated water the city kindly sends us!

Anyway, Father’s Day is coming – think about a rain barrel for your dad. You can get one in advance in Ontario: Brockville, Jarvis, Hamilton and Mississauga, or in Manitoba: Winnipeg, Lundar, Inglis and Morden. Just check out our sale sites on the right on this page. If you don’t see a sale where you live, let us know. We’ll be happy to help find a non-profit group that would like to fundraise and help the environment.

Happy Gardening! Happy Father’s Day == soon enough!
LP

Try to keep up with Erin Radio, selling rain barrels to support their non-profit station!  I’m sitting here in Vancouver, BC listening to this lovely station on the internet: http://www.erinradio.ca/listen-erin-radio-online/. It’s quite a thrill when I hear the DJ tell the listeners where the next distribution of rain barrels will be. The next sale will be held in Orangeville, at Scotiabank, 250 Centennial Road on Saturday, May 22 from 10 am to 4pm. And Erin Radio goes the step further and offers free coffee and donuts at this sale. As they say – just in time for spring, easy to install, your rain barrel comes with a hose attachment, overflow tube and bug screen. This food grade plastic recycled product is the greenest rain barrel around! Place your order through the radio station at 519-833-1015.

Waterdown, Guelph and Fort Erie sales were hampered to some extent by crazy Ontario weather but sales still soared for those brave customers who came to pick up their barrels.  Good for you guys – you know those rain barrels are needed NOW to capture the precious liquid from the sky and care for your plants with fresh, unchlorinated, unfluoridated water.  Fort Erie goes again this coming weekend with another sale at the Leisureplex.  Check out our sale at www.rainbarrel.ca  Grimsby’s Trillium Greenhouses also opens this whole weekend with sales Thursday to Sunday in support of the West Lincoln Memorial Hospital Foundation.  And tiny Millbank distributes its barrels in support of the environment with proceeds going to the Riverdale Mennonite Church!  All the best to our partners in furthering their important causes.