I love this Rain Barrel product from Fiskars. I think it looks great, and serves a crucial need, at least in my garden. In my watershed, they are asking households to reduce their water consumption by at least 25%. The barrel might really be a boost to my water loving shade plants like my tree fern and my fox gloves.

From the Fiskars website:

How much rain will I collect?

The amount of rain your Fiskars® Rainwater Collection System will collect depends on two things: The amount of rain that comes down on your roof, and how much roof area drains into the gutter and downspout where you’ve installed the diverter. As an example, if you have a 500 square foot roof section feeding a downspout, it will take about two tenths of an inch of rain to fill a 52 gallon barrel. A roof area of only 1000 square feet can provide approximately 600 gallons of water during a one inch rainfall.