How to build a rain barrel

Building a rain barrel is easy.

I purchased four 55 Gallon Reconditioned Poly Drums. They told me these were used pickle barrels. New these drums were $50 each, reconditioned and no longer usable for food, they were still like new and only $17 each.

I added a 90 degree elbow and about 2' of 2" pipe as an overflow, drilled drain/intake holes in the lid, an…