Rain Barrel Sub-irrigation

This is a rain barrel with a removable lid that is a sub-irrigation (self-watering) planter. Why not? There isn't a detailed description in this article but that looks like a rope wick coming out of the hole in the middle of the planter lid. 

There isn't a photo with a plant installed but it certainly is a creative way to decorate a utilitarian rain barrel. You could have a rain barrel that looks like this. I like it a lot better than this one. 

What the city of Lexington, Kentucky is calling the "Lily" is available only to residents for $75. The Lily was designed by two local residents who call it the Raintainer. Whether it will be available on the consumer market remains to be seen. 

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[Gideon]

The best water savings in irrigation is achieved by matching the water discharge rate to the plant uptake rate. Drain below the root zone is therefore prevented and the water/air balance in the soil is better for the plant. The method was developed in Israel and called “Micro-Drip Irrigation” and “Gravity Drip Irrigation” enables a discharge as low as one glass of water (250CC) per hour.
The Gravity kit can be connected directly to a rain collection barrel and the water flows by itself and distributed through the drippers.

Rain-Tal Ltd specializes in Low Volume and Micro-Drip Irrigation methods. For more details:
http://www.rain-tal.com

[Caglar Keskin]

It is a useful information about drip irrigation. I am a farmer and we have very large fields, before drip
irrigation system was found it was a nightmare to irrigate all those fields because where i live is a place
that does not rain so much. Now we use drip irrigation, saving so many water and it is a lot easier to irrigate
the field with that. I am trying to read everything about drip irrigation and i recommend every farmer to use that
technique, so i am grateful for everyone who gives information about it. I also found a very good guide about drip
irrigation and it may be useful too for those who want to learn more information about that;

http://agricultureguide.org/