Rainwater & The Kitchen-Door Garden

The sky fills a rain barrel for free. All you have to do is walk out the kitchen door. The last companion guide to The Porch Homestead, built around closing the loop between the rain, the garden, and your own kitchen.

Inside, 6 field-tested skills across 3 pillars:

CATCHING THE WATER THAT FALLS FREE

A simple rain barrel setup with a downspout diverter, and what rainwater is good for (and honestly, what it isn't).

THE KITCHEN-DOOR GARDEN

Planting where you'll actually use it, and succession planting so a small bed keeps producing all season instead of all at once.

CLOSING THE LOOP

Watering by hand the smart way, and the daily habit that keeps the rain barrel and the kitchen-door bed working together.

Plus a printable rainwater and garden checklist for the growing season.

14 pages. Illustrated. A Porch Homestead companion.