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Drainage advice?
Sometimes by taking the problem and making it the solution, you can end
up with an efficient way to handkle the situation. "Rain gardens" are a good concept and fairly easy to make. http://www.epa.gov/OWOW/info/NewsNot...42/urbrnf.html http://www.nhg.com/db/iwatnam.htm I tok a constantly "wet" area and made a "rain garden". http://www.hal-pc.org/~garden/boggardenjuly.jpg http://www.hal-pc.org/~garden/boggarden1.jpg http://www.hal-pc.org/~garden/streetview.jpg Every yard is a unique scenario to study. JK = "Joseph Chong" wrote in message news:jiFTb.387925$X%5.57998@pd7tw2no... What are some good web sites etc... for drainage of yards and gardens= =2E In Vancouver BC it is so wet all winter my lawn and garden of my 'new' h= ouse (new to us, it is 70 years old and the garden was negelcted the past = ten years easy) is a lake after a rain. I think the soil is very compacte= d and I will spike it in the spring. The soil is very thick and quite clay-li= ke. I tried to dig a dry well and that didn't go over well when it rained f= or a week before I could get any gravel to fill it, it mike make nice pon= d now.... I will fill it when the rains stop. Any ideas about soil admendments to improve drainage? Sand? Gypsum? I don't want to do drainage tile unless it is absolutley necessary. jc -- = Celestial Habitats by J. Kolenovsky 2003 Honorable Mention Award, Keep Houston Beautiful =F4=BF=F4 - http://www.celestialhabitats.com - business =F4=BF=F4 - http://www.hal-pc.org/~garden/personal.html - personal |
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