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"nightjar .me.uk" cpb@insert my surname here wrote in message
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"Allthumbs" wrote in message
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On Mon, 15 Jun 2009 23:15:35 +0100, "nightjar" cpb@insert my surname
here.me.uk wrote:

Is there more sloping ground above the garden?

yes, but no on my land.

It is still feeding water onto your land, so a very effective way to keep
your land dryer is to intercept that water with a drain at the top of your
land.

Colin Bignell


OR, do as my daughter and son in law have done. Make it into a stream, get a
JCB in at the bottom and the wettest patch and dig a big pond. Their's is
about 40 foot diameter with an Island in the middle for wild life. The
overflow then goes into the Village Pond which is just outside and across
the road :-)) Your overflow could go into the road.

Mike