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
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"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



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