North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service is selling rain barrels.
The barrels are heavy-duty, commercial grade polyethylene with a brass spigot, stainless steel screen and overflow valves. These barrels are designed to collect rain water from gutters to irrigate shrubs and other plant materials during extended periods of drought.
The cost of the barrels is $100 for an 80-gallon barrel and $90 for a 60-gallon barrel. Deadline to order rain barrels is Aug. 29. Customer pick-up scheduled for Sept 4 at the Agricultural Center on Old Concord Road in Salisbury. This is the last sale sponsored by Cooperative Extension this year.
Contact Cooperative Extension Service at 704-216-8970 or darrell_blackwelder@ncsu.edu to place an order or visit the Rowan County Master Gardener Web site at www.rowanmastergardener.com for more descriptive information about the unit.