In Praise of water butts.

It's summer, and all the lovely summer rain is a timely reminder that one day soon, there will be another hosepipe ban (!) so now is a good time to look at your water collection arrangements. I've had several questions on this topic, unsurprisingly: and everyone with any sort of house has room for at least one water butt - I have six, on my small house (but then, I am a bit evangelical on the…