Hey Team! Yesterday, I mentioned the water catchment system. Thought I’d put some “meat on the bones”. When we bought the property 18 months ago, we observed the gutter extended about 3 feet from the Northwest corner of the house. Rain would flow directly onto the foundation and was eroding the pad, creating muck on the west of the house and taking expensive mulch down the driveway. The 275 gallon tote helps slow the water energy by allowing us to control how fast water leaves that portion of the property. As unsightly as it may look from the picture below on the left, the tote works! The black plastic cover keeps the water free of algae, and a 50 foot hose lets us move the water to better drainage on the north or southern portion of the house. Yesterday we had almost 2 inches of rain which filled the tote in only a few hours. We still get debris off the roof but three sets of window screen filter most of the junk before it enters the tote from the gutter. Fully filled, we have almost 30 days supply of emergency water for drinking, flushing, cleaning, or watering the garden. The pic on the right is the fenced facade designed to keep the VP happy from the unsightliness of the Founder’s workmanship. ;).