"nath69uk" wrote in message
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Hello,

Just introduce myself, My names Nathan. Im 22 years old and live with
my girlfreind in Manchester. Moved into our house 3 years ago and never
really gone to any great measures to sort the back garden out. However I
now have two dogs and think its olny fair to make the back garden more
usable for them and for ourselves.
The owner of the house before us hadn't done any work in the garden
what so ever. He didnt even cut down the weeds from time to time. So
all the soils very compact and the land is very un level. This comes
from the sort of reeds that grow along with what clumps of grass i have
left. The reeds are the sort that you find next to ponds, round in shape
quite long and sharpened off towards the end turning from green to
brown. These must have been growing for quite some time because im left
with the base of these higher than the surrounding grass wich makes the
ground un even. I am going to dig these out once ive cut back
everything else. My mane concern is the drainage. When it rains the
water just simply sits ontop of the grass doesnt move anywhere and is
worse in places. After a few days of sun and the rain has gone. This is
no good for me and I'm looking to solve this problem. The soil is very
grey and feels really gritty than soily. If that makes sense?

Im thinking of digging a channel through the worse part of the problem
and then going into the general direction of the standing water. Then
ill layer the channel with sand followed by a pipe with holes in (Land
Drain) i think they're called and peashingle ontop with a layer of
topsoil ontop. Im thinking of tilting the pipe towards the house into
the drain that the rain water falls into from my house.

As you can probably tell I'm no gardener, just need a little guidance
then i'll be ok. Any ideas to sort this out or what i might be doing
wrong?

Cheers
Nathan


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nath69uk

Have a look at this link. Take the time to study all the options and I am
certain you will find a satisfactory solution.
http://www.pavingexpert.com/drain03.htm