A couple of weeks ago we realized that one of the rain barrels for the garden had a HUGE crack across the top.  We have used these for several years but I am still very disappointed.  Matt and I decided that we would find on Facebook market place a better water storage unit like the one we use for the chickens.

We were really lucky in that we did find a storage tank the same week for $40 which is $15 less than we paid for the chicken rain barrel!  Although it is not as big as the chicken one it would not fit where our current rain barrels are.

Here is where we are saving money!  We were able to place the new barrel further down the side yard at the point where the deck connects to the house. We reused the black tube and the gutter spout from the original rain barrel and tied that into the gutters on the back of the house.  To level we used cement blocks and post that we already had as well.  We purchased a faucet from Amazon ($24) to add to the front of the barrel. Total cost $64 which we should be able to save in water cost over the course of the summer! Definitely a savings!