Mike Haasl

That would work, except both planters are on the same end of the gutter...

I was trying to avoid a tank and just let it water heavily when it rains and manually when it doesn't.  

If we didn't have a walk way between the planters, having two buckets connected with a big pipe, and have small drainage holes to water the planter, would do the trick nicely.

My "creative" triangular holes in the gutter would incidentally use the gutter as the rainwater collection tank until/unless it overflows.

Having a tank would be a nice way to show people how to do their own rainwater harvesting though...

I have a shed roof (one edge for a gutter) and two big planters that would like to share that water.  I know getting water to divide itself in half is a bit tricky but I have two ideas and I'm fishing around for other options to consider.

One is to physically divide the gutter into two half gutters (each collecting from half of the roof), each with a downspout to one of the planters.  This is most straightforward but I think it would be ugly since both planters are on one side of the building.

The second is to make a custom end for the gutter that has two exit holes.  The holes would be matching triangles with a narrow point downward.  That way as the water backs up in the gutter it's level rises and both of the triangular holes accept more water, somewhat evenly.  Then each flow can go to a planter.

Oh, just thought of a third...  Normal gutter, normal downspout for all the flow.  Then invent a back and forth flapper that the falling water will flip left, then right and divide the flow.  This is least likely to work...

Bonus points for artistry and creativity since this is for a community garden :)

This is a badge bit (BB) that is part of the PEP curriculum.  Completing this BB is part of getting the sand badge in Food Prep and Preservation

To complete this badge bit, you must cook at least 2 cups of grain in a rice cooker, crock pot or instapot.  (Note that this BB is part of a 4 part adventure in cooking grain in four different ways. Pseudograins are also allowed, but all four ways of cooking must be the same food prepared with 4 different cooking contraptions.)



This is a rice cooker

This is one of many types of rice cookers, and an article on the differences:



and how to use it:



To complete this BB, the minimum requirements are:
  - you must produce at least two cups of grain
  - you must use a rice cooker, crock pot or Instant Pot (other brands of pressure cookers are fine)

To show you've completed this Badge Bit, you must provide:
   - explain and show that the cooking pot doesn't have a prohibited coating or material
   - a picture of the uncooked grain in your cooker
   - a picture of your cooked grain in your cooker (clearly at least 2 cups of cooked grain - if it isn't clear, make it clear with an extra picture)

Clarifications:
- All food prep and preservation BBs strictly prohibit plastic, teflon or aluminum touching the food at any point

When I tried compost inside my greenhouse it gave off funny odors and didn't really do much for heating. So I wouldn't focus on that benefit, but designing it to be consumed/replaced every year or two could be interesting.

I think your concerns are valid. Those bales would have to be sealed impeccably well from the interior to keep from sucking up water and rotting.

It might be nice to point out which are the arms and legs. I assumed the opposite of how I think you mean.  If I'm now correct, I think the post is the spine, the legs go up in the air and the arms reach down to the ground?

Another way is to find someone with a bunch of asparagus (hopefully at least one female plant) and ask them for berries in the autumn.

There's a BB for making a trail :)

How about a reciprocating saw with a 12" metal cutting blade on it?  I'd definitely try that before a torch...