Roof Garden Rainwater

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Roof garden rainwater.

Doesn t that sound like a lot of water that you could harvest and use for free. A rain garden is a depressed area in the landscape that collects rain water from a roof driveway or street and allows it to soak into the ground. Green roofs are not only important because they hold rain water but they also reduce temperatures of the roof surface by removing heat from the air through evapo transpiration. Diameter and if desired larger decorative rocks or run an underground 4 in.

That is why my husband and i began harvesting our rainwater. For stability stomp the berm soil down well and make the base at least 2 feet wide and the top at least 1 foot wide. Rainwater can absorb zinc copper and aluminum from metal roofs as well as chemicals used for weatherizing and waterproofing asphalt shingles. Small mammals birds and insects deposit fecal matter.

Green roofs can be ornamental and low profile or be used to grow vegetables and larger plant material on rooftops. Roofs made of wooden shingles treated with chromated copper arsenate are not appropriate for rainwater harvesting. Pvc pipe to channel water from a downspout to your garden. Most people already have gutters and downspouts attached to their roofs to transport rainwater away from the building.

To store as much rainfall as possible in your garden soil you can set up a rainwater irrigation system that diverts your roof runoff water directly onto your garden beds or lawn if you prefer. Well we thought so too. If the rain garden is on a slope you can pile some of the excavated soil into a berm on the low side to retain the water. Around 600 gallons of rainwater can be harvested from about one inch of rain if it falls from a thousand square foot roof.

Zinc antimoss strips mounted on roofs also produce toxic chemicals that you want to keep out of your garden. A green roof is a vegetative layer grown on a rooftop. Planted with grasses and flowering perennials rain gardens can be a cost effective and beautiful way to reduce runoff from your property. Locate your rain garden where rainwater will feed into it from downspouts driveways or low points in your yard.