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Vendor SpotlightRain Barrels by Dan Borba
Dan Borba, Rain Harvesting Expert
Proctor Farmers' Market Vendor Dan Borba has been making, selling and installing rain barrels since 1999.
What initially inspired Dan, and got him into "rain harvesting," was the huge amount of water coming off a roof. Dan calculated that in an average Tacoma rain year, 27,000 gallons of water hit a roof that is only 1200 square feet! Dan further theorized that a house -- with a roof, gutters and downspout -- is "beautifully set-up to harvest rain," making installation easy by simply accessing your existing collection system to divert water flow onto the top of one his rain barrels. Dan terms this clever diversion technique "Gutter Liberation," and soon your harvested rainwater is flowing directly from the downspout into the rain barrel, immediately reducing run-off pollution to our streams, rivers, lakes and Puget Sound. With a spigot and hose at the bottom of the rain barrel, collected rainwater can now be used for everything from watering plants (highly oxygenated rainwater is better for your plants and soil) to drought protection and saving on water bills. "Anyone with a roof on planet Earth can harvest rain water," says Dan, and "I like what I do because I think it takes folks out of the shortage and lack of our current system, into the great abundance that nature provides." Stop by Dan Borba's booth, and learn more about how you can incorporate environmentally friendly rain barrels into your landscape, harvest the rain, and bring a little more "green" into our city! 
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Proctor Farmers Market Vendors, Staff, & Volunteers,
December 15, 2018
The Proctor Farmers' Market is a Member of the
Washington State Farmers Market Association, and supports farming families.
Washington State Farmers Market Association, and supports farming families.
Contact Karen Bowes, Market Manager (253) 961-3666 or pfmarket@proctorfamersmarket.com