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We now have a boggy patch in the lawn and water running down the path,
one small bed is totally waterlogged.

I've invented a trick to drain grass
where I cut out turfs along where I want it to drain,
then slice earth off the bottom of the turfs
and slope the edges of the new ditch
then replace the turfs
so there's a depression running down the lawn..
in the dry it's not noticeable and you can run and walk and cycle
without falling in
but in the wet the water follows it downhill..

I ahve various inspection pits dug in the earth round my house
and i look at the levels of water in them after rainfall
and adjust and evolve the drainage...

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