"Rob Mills" wrote in message
news:80kFe.6192$Zt.2693@okepread05...

Can't walk in the area with out sinking up to your knees, mulch disappears
and some plants disappear. Large concrete bird bath tipped and broke. The
area seems to be getting larger every year. RM~

Check for a subsurface cause, e.g. plugged tile bed or
broken sewer or main water supply line.

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Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)