Sounds like a good place for a rice paddy or celery :)

"Janet Price" wrote in message
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I have heavy clay soil with several soggy areas and am looking for an
inexpensive way to eliminate or reduce them.

My yard generally slopes down from right to left and from back to front
with the house set higher so I've had no water leakage in the basement.
But the yard's not even and there are small ridges and dips here
and there. At present I have several areas in which there's an inch or
so of standing water. From past experience, I know it may take a month
or so for them to dry up and if we have a wet summer, some of them may
remain soggy for most of the summer.

For the past few days I've dug a few holes 4 or 5 inches deep in the
middle of some of the spots and have been scooping water out of
them--probably 50 gallons so far. In one spot, digging a small trench
over a slight hill drained a bit. I've thought of filling the holes in
with large gravel instead of the clay that was there. Anyone have any
other suggestions? Can I make a pond/bog and collect some of the water
there?

Thanks for any suggestions.

Janet
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Janet Price