Rain Barrels for the Roof!
May has been beautiful in Vancouver, so far. I have dug out my flip-flops and cotton skirts, and have stowed my Hunters and my raincoat in the closet.
I’m very excited: spring means growing things.
The last few years, I’ve grown things in pots, but this summer, it looks like I might actually get a garden box on the roof. Still a pot, really, just bigger than before!
I spent last summer lugging 4 litre milk jugs that I’d filled with water up the stairs to the roof to water my herbs and vegetables. This year is gonna be different!
I applied to the City of Vancouver’s Greenest Cities Initiative and got a grant to purchase four rain barrels for our rooftop garden. I just bought them and installed them last week (and now there hasn’t been any rain!), and now I’m just gonna let Mother Nature do her thing.
Ain’t she a beaut?
And no doubt I’ll be posting garden status updates over the next couple of months.