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Here it is 2009 and there is a buzz about rain barrels. You haven’t heard? Rain barrels you say? Some of you may recall growing up with a rain barrel or two around the home where you were raised. Or, you may recall visiting your grandparents over the river and through the woods to the farm where there may have been a rain barrel. However, if you are under 35 you may not even know what they are. Since I’m much older than that and still have memories of my childhood and within the last two years have personal experience ...
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