Rant: My neighbor said my rain barrel setup was going to flood his yard, so I changed one dumb thing
I built a 55 gallon barrel setup off my downspout last spring and my neighbor Bill came over and said the overflow was dumping right at the fence line and would swamp his garden. I was pretty annoyed at the time but he was right, so I ran a $9 corrugated hose from the overflow out to the alley instead of just letting it spill. Also raised the barrel on two cinder blocks so I get better pressure for the soaker hose. Anyone else had a neighbor point out a flaw in a cheap setup that you were too stubborn to see at the time?