How to make a rain barrel

 Find a 32 gallon trash can

 Fit it with a 10 gallon bucket. Insert a filter into the bottom of the bucket

 The filter should keep out leaves, large bugs, chickens...basically yucky stuff

 Make an appropriate sized cut out for the spouting in the top

 Install a spout on the bottom for easier draining

 A platform for even easier access

 Install down spouting

Easy! You can make it in a few easy trips to Lowes! You can make it all by yourself!

Or you can marry a farmer like I am, and he can do it for you!