It's a great set up, Terry! Looks nice too, which for me, always feels right! I loved your comment about level...and blaming the wood chips! lol - No matter what my friend, the water will always be level, even if the barrels are not! So nice to see you Terry, as ever! Only a month and a bit to the darkest day, and all will brighten minute by minute! 💚
The dark evenings are not my thing Chris and I will welcome a wee bit more light. I do like to throw the odd comment in......lol. ♻️Happy gardening, Terry King.
Its working really well and I am now replicating it elsewhere on my growing spaces, will save so much time filling them separately. ♻️Happy gardening, Terry King.
Hi Terry that's using your head mate knowing the idea is sound then making it so it suits the pipe . see you started collecting your huge amount of leaves good on you. Stay safe Bill and Val
There seems to be more leaves on the trees at the moment and 6 bags collected and 14 to go......lol. It seems so fiddly connecting the barrels with solid pipe fittings Bill and Val and hopefully this way they will fill to the top. The wire is holding the pipe together nicely. ♻️Happy gardening, Terry King.
Another good tip \terry, i like how all the water barrels stay at the same level with that method i have mine first a foot higher off the ground and stepping down to the last, looks like i will be changing that now ;-) thanks
Mine hasn't kinked but its a great idea to stop it kinking and holding the pipe where you want it. Thanks for the mention. You have a lot of water now mate. Cheers.
Hope you are well Dave, It depends on the quality of the hose pipe I suppose and these are holding up well, its distracting me at the moment but at least I am achieving something. This will save me time filling up the barrels. ♻️Happy gardening, Terry King.
It has to be easier than moving water from one barrel to another and risking it over flowing and losing water on those wet days. ♻️Happy gardening, Terry King.
That is lovely way to make the do-be-do-daw things. 👍 I would think it would be safer to secure the end of the wire and roll the dowel. It is a very good system. Thank you Davey. Best wishes Bob.
I tryed that way Bob, but it wouldn't roll, after pearsing my ear I thought it best to put some tape on the bed for the video......lol. My do-be-daw things are working really well. ♻️Happy gardening, Terry King.
You really have a great mindset for recycle and implementing workable things, well done Terry. Thanks again for running us through how you do it.God bless and stay safe.
Tick that job off the list! This reminds me of the year you did run out of water and had to cart gallons of the stuff from home. That was some years ago, you've come a long way sine then. Well done Terry! Take care, Poo
Great idea, I have been trying to work out the best way to get 4 butts together and then I find this video while looking through your selection, I agree with a comment made by someone else and think it would be a great way to fund your allotment if you were to do a book, there are millions of gardeners out there who would welcome some tips. I am in my second year of growing and enjoy watching your videos and I am learning loads from them, keep up the great work.
Thank you very much for your kind words and continued support Robert, unfortunately English was never my subject so I have always been hands on since the age of 6 starting my first job at 11 so I find sharing my knowledge and experiences via my video blog and I don't edit just pause and record. Pleased you got something from this video this what helps me carry on. ♻️Happy gardening, Terry King.
Don't turn the wire; turn the dowel. Make a hole or slot in the dowel; insert wire end; spin dowel. Eliminates wire whipping about and possibly injuring someone.
Good idea and the wire is reasonably soft so should work, may be use some mole grips to turn the dowel. Cheers my friend. ♻️Happy gardening, Terry King.
I am looking forward to seeing how well it works and I have set the ones in the wildflower garden so here hoping for some dry weather to get some other jobs done Julia. ♻️Happy gardening, Terry King.
Great video. It would be hard to collect much water where I live. Luckily rain is not in short supply in the UK! btw in survival situations they say to put a squirt of hydrogen peroxide into your water to keep it from going stagnant.
Thank you my friend and I have a barrel that hasn't been used in 2 years and the water is still cristal clear because it's been covered. ♻️Happy gardening, Terry King.
Great idea to prevent kinking, thanks. I have several "distribution" hoses into the primary container under my downpipe, otherwise it fills up faster than the one siphon hose can empty. Also helps with refill when I draw water off (I can only get to the first end container, with yours I expect you could lift a lid on any of them and dunk a watering can)
You have given me some thoughts and will monitor the primary barrel for issues that you have described, many thanks for your input I do really appreciate it. ♻️Happy gardening, Terry King.
Really love that water system. After I’ve finished my main compost area that’s the next thing I’m going to do collecting rainwater off shed now so need to get some more barrels then onto getting the same system as yours set up cheers 🍻
Its working really well Steve and the wildflower garden barrels have been connected and it will be replicated elsewhere around my growing spaces. ♻️Happy gardening, Terry King.
I remember the wire showing up a year ago, I was wondering how you were going to use it. Brilliant. The shorter days mean that it coming to your favorite season;) Cheers Terry
Brilliant! I want to use this technique for my water barrels in my greenhouse. I use them as a heat sink. This summer I want to hook up a DIY solar heater to store more heat for the winter. I think your setup will help me to mix the water between barrels to store more heat!!!
Terry the way I feel my hoses to do the same thing is I hold both openings up take my little watering can and pour water in one of the ends until it comes up to the other end put my thumb over one of the ends and the end that my thumb is not on I put in the barrel and then the one with my thumb over it I put in the bottom of the one I want the water to go into, if that makes any sense
The pipe I get for free is very soft so this suits me, thank you for taking the time to comment and share your experiences. ♻️Happy gardening, Terry King.
Cheers Terry this was dead useful. One thing I might try is one of those curved pipe holders you often get with a dishwasher to keep the hose in an upwards position and elevated.
I copied this on my water barrels mate but for whatever reason my lids wont fit inside 😅,ive got ibcs now so much better and got covers for them as the plastic isn't uv stable 😉
They do need to be level or you will waste alot of rain water, but you can fill the barrels this way and maybe have a tap to stop the bottom one over flowing. ♻️Happy gardening, Terry King.
I’ve seen this method before, another handy tip that costs you nothing. Have you ever thought about producing a book? Could call it allotment and garden hacks / ways to manage an allotment or garden at little to no cost 😁😁😁 or something along those lines 😂😂😂
Don't think I have even read a book from the start to finish, my videos do very well on RUclips even the old ones and at over 1000 views a day it's hard to keep up with the comments and advice......lol. ♻️Happy gardening, Terry King.
Hi Terry another great idea put into use. I don’t have a hose pipe like that my hose is a shrink type hose. It blew a hole but I kept it just in case. I wonder if it’ll work like your hose pipe?
Hi Terry, i have had a few water butts over the years so i collect the fittings and do the drill hole method, same as yours in a way but with the fittings method. One question what about water smell? as the water butt fills up you get that smell after a while and you put those drops in to make the water fresher, you know the ones i mean?, anyway how do you do yours if there is any water smell at all? and i even have a filter before the water goes into the first water butt, incase you ask? Stay Safe, Barry (Wirral)
Never had any issues with the water smelling or going green, even when the odd mouse goes for a swim.....lol. Take care my friend and stay safe and healthy. ♻️Happy gardening, Terry King.
Great video. Please can I ask where you get your barrels. My dads got a plot in Coventry and I know he was after some more as their site doesn't have a water supply.
I am very lucky and my works have them as none returnable after the addblue is used up, a good wash and swill and they are ready to go. If you or dad contacts me via my email with an address I will drop off one of my old ones sanandtezbezy@gmail.com Home address not allotment and as soon as we can travel again. ♻️Happy gardening, Terry King.
I am very fortunate that our company has it's add blue delivered in them and they aren't returnable so I help recycle them Lizzie. ♻️Happy gardening, Terry King.
Hello Kim, not sure how thick the wire is, but it just needs to be strong enough to hold its shape and we get the odd worm that gets in and nothing else. ♻️Happy gardening, Terry King.
It's a great set up, Terry! Looks nice too, which for me, always feels right! I loved your comment about level...and blaming the wood chips! lol - No matter what my friend, the water will always be level, even if the barrels are not! So nice to see you Terry, as ever! Only a month and a bit to the darkest day, and all will brighten minute by minute! 💚
The dark evenings are not my thing Chris and I will welcome a wee bit more light. I do like to throw the odd comment in......lol.
♻️Happy gardening, Terry King.
I feel the same, Terry! I wait with anticipation for the light!! Your comment had me grinning from ear to ear!😁@@terrykingsallotmentgardening
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Works like a charm. Adding the spring is a big help. Stay safe and have a great week!
Its working really well and I am now replicating it elsewhere on my growing spaces, will save so much time filling them separately.
♻️Happy gardening, Terry King.
You have some wonderful systems in place. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you my friend.
♻️Happy gardening, Terry King.
Hi Terry that's using your head mate knowing the idea is sound then making it so it suits the pipe . see you started collecting your huge amount of leaves good on you. Stay safe Bill and Val
There seems to be more leaves on the trees at the moment and 6 bags collected and 14 to go......lol. It seems so fiddly connecting the barrels with solid pipe fittings Bill and Val and hopefully this way they will fill to the top. The wire is holding the pipe together nicely.
♻️Happy gardening, Terry King.
Cheers Terry 👍 Thanks for sharing. Robbo
Cheers Robbo.
♻️Happy gardening, Terry King.
Another good tip \terry, i like how all the water barrels stay at the same level with that method i have mine first a foot higher off the ground and stepping down to the last, looks like i will be changing that now ;-) thanks
I like to keep my barrels full to the top so this method will suit me if they stay level.......lol.
♻️Happy gardening, Terry King.
Thanks for sharing a great tip! We have a water supply at our allotments but I still collect rain water in a few water butts. Enjoy your week. Ally 😊
Hello Ally, plants love rain water and eventually I will have a great set up that will last even the longest Summers.
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Mine hasn't kinked but its a great idea to stop it kinking and holding the pipe where you want it. Thanks for the mention. You have a lot of water now mate.
Cheers.
Hope you are well Dave, It depends on the quality of the hose pipe I suppose and these are holding up well, its distracting me at the moment but at least I am achieving something. This will save me time filling up the barrels.
♻️Happy gardening, Terry King.
That was extremely helpful to me Terry, thank you very much. I fully intend to build a set up like that on my new plot! Cheers
It has to be easier than moving water from one barrel to another and risking it over flowing and losing water on those wet days.
♻️Happy gardening, Terry King.
Love th barrel water pipe trick. Very clever
I have seen it before but no one ever seem to get them level, let's hope they work well for me.
♻️Happy gardening, Terry King.
@@terrykingsallotmentgardening let's hope so. I'm sure it will worl
@@markshaw5835 👍😁😎
cracking job there terry
Thank you Steven.
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That is lovely way to make the do-be-do-daw things. 👍 I would think it would be safer to secure the end of the wire and roll the dowel. It is a very good system. Thank you Davey. Best wishes Bob.
I tryed that way Bob, but it wouldn't roll, after pearsing my ear I thought it best to put some tape on the bed for the video......lol. My do-be-daw things are working really well.
♻️Happy gardening, Terry King.
You really have a great mindset for recycle and implementing workable things, well done Terry. Thanks again for running us through how you do it.God bless and stay safe.
Thank you my friend and the barrels in the wildflower garden are done and working really well and yes fully recycled.
♻️Happy gardening, Terry King.
Thats some water system you have there mate
So simple and time saving my friend, looking forward to getting some set up in the wildflower garden and polytunnel.
♻️Happy gardening, Terry King.
Tick that job off the list! This reminds me of the year you did run out of water and had to cart gallons of the stuff from home. That was some years ago, you've come a long way sine then. Well done Terry! Take care, Poo
This has saved me lots of time Poo moving water about and the ones around the polytunnel will now be a breeze.
♻️Happy gardening, Terry King.
Nice one Terry, spring is in the air on your plot, take care my friend. Manda moo...😊
It doesn't seem like it at the moment Manda Moo, but I will spring into action next year.
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@@terrykingsallotmentgardening ha ha ha ha ha... 😁
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Great idea, I have been trying to work out the best way to get 4 butts together and then I find this video while looking through your selection, I agree with a comment made by someone else and think it would be a great way to fund your allotment if you were to do a book, there are millions of gardeners out there who would welcome some tips. I am in my second year of growing and enjoy watching your videos and I am learning loads from them, keep up the great work.
Thank you very much for your kind words and continued support Robert, unfortunately English was never my subject so I have always been hands on since the age of 6 starting my first job at 11 so I find sharing my knowledge and experiences via my video blog and I don't edit just pause and record. Pleased you got something from this video this what helps me carry on.
♻️Happy gardening, Terry King.
Don't turn the wire; turn the dowel. Make a hole or slot in the dowel; insert wire end; spin dowel. Eliminates wire whipping about and possibly injuring someone.
Good idea and the wire is reasonably soft so should work, may be use some mole grips to turn the dowel. Cheers my friend.
♻️Happy gardening, Terry King.
Like changing a guitar string.
@@danpreston564 🤔😁😀
Great labour saving system. I have water in my garden but I still collect rainwater, it is so much better for the plants :-)
I am looking forward to seeing how well it works and I have set the ones in the wildflower garden so here hoping for some dry weather to get some other jobs done Julia.
♻️Happy gardening, Terry King.
😊👍
Cheers Pete.
♻️Happy gardening, Terry King.
Great video. It would be hard to collect much water where I live. Luckily rain is not in short supply in the UK! btw in survival situations they say to put a squirt of hydrogen peroxide into your water to keep it from going stagnant.
Thank you my friend and I have a barrel that hasn't been used in 2 years and the water is still cristal clear because it's been covered.
♻️Happy gardening, Terry King.
Great idea to prevent kinking, thanks. I have several "distribution" hoses into the primary container under my downpipe, otherwise it fills up faster than the one siphon hose can empty. Also helps with refill when I draw water off (I can only get to the first end container, with yours I expect you could lift a lid on any of them and dunk a watering can)
You have given me some thoughts and will monitor the primary barrel for issues that you have described, many thanks for your input I do really appreciate it.
♻️Happy gardening, Terry King.
Really love that water system. After I’ve finished my main compost area that’s the next thing I’m going to do collecting rainwater off shed now so need to get some more barrels then onto getting the same system as yours set up cheers 🍻
Cheers Jacko, can't beat rain water for our plants, will be looking forward to seeing your efforts.
♻️Happy gardening, Terry King.
Thanks Terry, a really useful video, and a great idea!
🧑🌾 Steve 🧑🌾
Its working really well Steve and the wildflower garden barrels have been connected and it will be replicated elsewhere around my growing spaces.
♻️Happy gardening, Terry King.
Great tip Terry That's one for my collection of tips i keep in my little black book...With Regards Mark
I have my little black book for something different Mark......lol. Cheers my friend.
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Brilliant video Terry, water collection is another job I need to sort this winter thanks for the set up info 👍🏼
Cheers Karen, hope you get it sorted while we are having the odd shower or two.
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@@terrykingsallotmentgardening thanks Terry, currently feeling like the monsoon here, humid showers and when we get the rain it’s a deluge! 🥴
I remember the wire showing up a year ago, I was wondering how you were going to use it. Brilliant. The shorter days mean that it coming to your favorite season;)
Cheers Terry
Why thank you my friend's.
♻️Happy gardening, Terry King.
Brilliant! I want to use this technique for my water barrels in my greenhouse. I use them as a heat sink. This summer I want to hook up a DIY solar heater to store more heat for the winter. I think your setup will help me to mix the water between barrels to store more heat!!!
Sounds great Deborah, let me know how you get on later on in the year.
Happy gardening, Terry King.
such a good idea, I am going to try and copy this for my set up.
Saves so much time with very little water loss.
♻️Happy gardening, Terry King.
Terry the way I feel my hoses to do the same thing is I hold both openings up take my little watering can and pour water in one of the ends until it comes up to the other end put my thumb over one of the ends and the end that my thumb is not on I put in the barrel and then the one with my thumb over it I put in the bottom of the one I want the water to go into, if that makes any sense
Your way is as good anything so we don't have to put our mouths on the end of the pipe and suck Babette.
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Boom.
Well done Frank.
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Thanks for sharing this video
Cheers my friend.
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Looking to create a water catchment system. Thanks for the ideas
No problem 👍 glad it has helped.
Happy gardening,Terry King.
Hi Mark sent me. I joined you're channel I hope you do too Tyfs ❤ I'm Looking forward to seeing more videos!! Have a wonderful day much love to you 🥰
Thank you my friend.
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Thanks for sharing ! Personally i use semi rigide plastic pipe, the same to do small greenhouses, so it doesn't flatten ; )
The pipe I get for free is very soft so this suits me, thank you for taking the time to comment and share your experiences.
♻️Happy gardening, Terry King.
Cheers Terry this was dead useful. One thing I might try is one of those curved pipe holders you often get with a dishwasher to keep the hose in an upwards position and elevated.
That's a good idea Jonny and many washing machines have those. Really pleased that you found this useful.
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Taking notes on this one!
Just finished the barrels in my wildflower garden and its working really well.
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Genius !!!
Why thank you my friend.
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I copied this on my water barrels mate but for whatever reason my lids wont fit inside 😅,ive got ibcs now so much better and got covers for them as the plastic isn't uv stable 😉
Nice to get the IBC's.
TOP BANANA TERRY... Better Than my relay this mate, so I will be nicking it I reckon... Cheers and ATB from WIGAN!
Cheers
~Guru T~
Finished the barrels in the wildflower garden and it seems to work really well with the wire springs.
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will this work if the barells are at different levels? say one barell's bottom is completely above another's?
They do need to be level or you will waste alot of rain water, but you can fill the barrels this way and maybe have a tap to stop the bottom one over flowing.
♻️Happy gardening, Terry King.
I’ve seen this method before, another handy tip that costs you nothing. Have you ever thought about producing a book? Could call it allotment and garden hacks / ways to manage an allotment or garden at little to no cost 😁😁😁 or something along those lines 😂😂😂
Don't think I have even read a book from the start to finish, my videos do very well on RUclips even the old ones and at over 1000 views a day it's hard to keep up with the comments and advice......lol.
♻️Happy gardening, Terry King.
Hi Terry another great idea put into use. I don’t have a hose pipe like that my hose is a shrink type hose. It blew a hole but I kept it just in case. I wonder if it’ll work like your hose pipe?
The best way is to try it my friend, would be interested if it worked.
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@@terrykingsallotmentgardening I’ll give it a try and let you know.😊🍂♻️
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Hi' I do a similar thing to you but I link all my buts at the bottom and the last one has a tap for filling my can. cheers Old suffolk boy
Do you get many leeks in you joints Roy and I have subscribed.
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Cheers Ronald.
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Great job Terry, I was thinking of doing similar for the micro orchard. What guage wire are you using there please?
Cheers 👍👍👍
Woody
Just depends on the strength of the wire Woody, needs to be strong but bendable and keep its shape.
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Hi Terry, i have had a few water butts over the years so i collect the fittings and do the drill hole method, same as yours in a way but with the fittings method.
One question what about water smell? as the water butt fills up you get that smell after a while and you put those drops in to make the water fresher, you know the ones i mean?, anyway how do you do yours if there is any water smell at all? and i even have a filter before the water goes into the first water butt, incase you ask?
Stay Safe,
Barry (Wirral)
Never had any issues with the water smelling or going green, even when the odd mouse goes for a swim.....lol. Take care my friend and stay safe and healthy.
♻️Happy gardening, Terry King.
@@terrykingsallotmentgardening Cheers Terry stay safe mate.
@@barryroberts6470 😁😎😁
How did you cut the lids I want to set it up on your Allotment
Hi, Terry has done a video on this. Check out " How to fit a tap". It`s all on there.
Thanks I found that one
@@Woolfy1 cheers my friend.
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@@christopherkearney2623 was it informative enough Chris?
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Great video. Please can I ask where you get your barrels. My dads got a plot in Coventry and I know he was after some more as their site doesn't have a water supply.
I am very lucky and my works have them as none returnable after the addblue is used up, a good wash and swill and they are ready to go. If you or dad contacts me via my email with an address I will drop off one of my old ones sanandtezbezy@gmail.com Home address not allotment and as soon as we can travel again.
♻️Happy gardening, Terry King.
@@terrykingsallotmentgardening that's so kind, he says yes please so I'll email you his address :-) thank you.
@@GeorgesBits I have a bit of a thing for everything being the same so some barrels don't cut it now so as soon as I empty one will pop it over.
Thanks Terry. Can you please just check the email you've given, for some reason it's refusing to send to it. But other emails are going fine
@@GeorgesBits sanandtezbezy@gmail.com this is my email. Just double check.
Doobeedooda thing. I hope i got it right.
Defiantly my friend.
Happy gardening, Terry King.
brilliant! where do you get the blue barrels from?
I am very fortunate that our company has it's add blue delivered in them and they aren't returnable so I help recycle them Lizzie.
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Is that 9 gadge wire?
And do the skitters find thier way into your barrels?
Hello Kim, not sure how thick the wire is, but it just needs to be strong enough to hold its shape and we get the odd worm that gets in and nothing else.
♻️Happy gardening, Terry King.