Getting Ahead Financially Using the Science of a Rain Barrel

09/10/20 • 18 min

If you know how a rain barrel system works, you know how to get ahead financially. In this episode, Tim shares 3 simple steps that you can apply to see your family's "financial barrel" steadily fill up until it eventually starts to overflow.

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The Kinnard Homestead - Getting Ahead Financially Using the Science of a Rain Barrel

Transcript

You know how rain barrel systems work, right?

You start with a barrel, typically a 55-gallon drum. You could go smaller with the 30-gallon size, or larger with one of the big tanks. We’ve got a 1500-gallon tank on our homestead which we’ve used to collect water in over the years. It’s now been converted into an animal shelter. But whatever size barrel you choose, the important thing is that it’s watertight and made to hold large volumes of water.

You then hook the barrel up