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Message: [QUOTE="Philphine, post: 30332, member: 57"] I collect quite a bit of what comes off both my garage and house roofs (rooves?) some of the gutters drain into corrugated pipe that runs under my deck and pour into my pond. the others pour into some big tanks I have to top off the pond between rains. usually I just dip my watering can into the pond and water my plants, then top off the pond if it doesn't rain after a few days. I don't have any animals to know if the water would be alright for them (sometimes it gets that brackish smell if I've had it a while), but when we get a dry spell I get a lot of birds showing up and splashing in the pond. along with the big tanks, I found a couple of the 60gal rain harvest tanks that look like big pots. the nicer looking one is in front of my house amoung the flower/plant pots. the other sits on an upper deck so I don't have to carry water up. I only let that one fill half way until I'm more sure the deck can hold the weight. it all works out pretty well. I want to work out a couple more options (need a couple of hose manifolds to direct water better) , but unless I have to have fresh water or the tanks are empty (usually 'cause I left the spigot open than just running out), I hardly ever turn on the hose. [/QUOTE]