"SamanthaBooth" wrote in message
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I am shortly moving into a newish house (7 yrs) old. The rear garden is
very boggy, the grass is sparce and quite muddy do to it being wet.
It's in need of drainage but how do I go about doing this? I am no
gardener and dont wat to dig it all up and put drainage in so can anyone
suggest a solution?

Thank you all



The question you have to ask, is, 'Why is it Boggy?'.

Is it the lowest garden in the area and all the other gardens 'drain' into
it?
Is there a stream 'wanting' to show itself? Not as daft as it sounds, my Son
in Law had a boggy area so he got a JCB in and dug a pond! The stream at
another part of his garden just 'vanished' before showing itself in the
Village Pond outside his land. Obviously via the boggy area. Now everybody
is happy.
Do you have a broken drain somewhere and all this rain we are having ends up
in the garden?

If your garden is the lowest, you do have a bit of a problem.

To drain the boggy area, the water has to go somewhere. Water runs downhill.
Is there anywhere the water can go if you drain by some means or other? NO
NOT your neighbours garden downhill ;-)

OR, is your garden on a bed of clay with just a bit of "Top Soil" chucked on
when the house was built? :-((

You might have to investigate once you move in.

Best of luck

Mike



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