bettyday wrote:
Wrote:
bettyday wrote:
my smallish garden is sloped towards the house and gets like a bog
when
it rains. how do I build in some drains for it ?
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bettyday
In my experience the bogginess is more to do with the type of soil
than
the amount of water in it -i.e. a clay soil will get boggy with
little rain whereas a sandy soil may stay quite stable even when
very wet. It's difficult to drain clay from underneath as the rain
won't get to the channels. You'd need to think about diverting
the
surface water somehow.
thanks for the advice, from what Ive read as suggested every idea
seems too involved for my size garden, I was hoping that by digging
some holes and filling with gravel and a layer of soil on top the
rain could drain away through the gravel and down away to earth ?
That will _sometimes_ work, especially if you use clean hard-core
rather than gravel, and incorporate a lot of loose stuff into the
topsoil. But the holes will have to be big ones. If your lawn just
gets a bit "noisy" and squelchy after rain, that could be enough; but
if you can actually see water half an hour after the rain has
stopped, then I'd say it won't.
You really should chat to your neighbours about it: either they have
the same problem, and can tell you what they did about it, or your
garden is the lucky recipient of all the water from their gardens!
Sounds like a case for a paved area to me: keep it clear of the
damp-proof course.
--
Mike.