Re: [GBlist] rainbarrels?

[susannah@cyber-dyne.com]

At 07:18 PM 9/22/2002 -0500, Steven Shepard wrote:
> The 55 gallon olive barrels also
> come with lids (covers) that are not
> mosquito proof.  If you use these barrels without treating the water
> with
> vegetable oil or screens you will start a Nile Virus ranch in these
> barrels.

Thanks for a very good
point!  And thank you very much, all of you, for your suggestions.
It looks like we'll probably go with a small homemade system, rather than
off-the-shelf, which satisfies my thrifty instincts :-). 
Have a good start to the work-week, 
-- Susannah