Rain barrels

Why oh why haven't I been following the advice of my organic gardening teacher?? We've had so much rain lately and the smart thing to do, according to Mr. Carr, would have been to set up strategically placed rain barrels, or at the very least buckets, to catch all this rain. I practice organic gardening so I better get out there and get some of this good rain into my gardens! Gotta practice what I preach.