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There's a swamp in my yard!
Hi,
I moved into a new house last July, and noticed that one corner of my back lawn got a lot more water than the rest, and was streaked by little rivulets. But with the drier weather in late summer, it was never a real problem. This Spring, however, the corner of the yard is swampy and un-mowable even 4 days after the last rainfall. This morning I did the best I could to mow it, and now it's raining again. The lawn there consists of some kind of hardy grass and now a lot of moss. I have no idea what I can do about this, so I thought I'd ask here. A rough sketch: is at http://www.lns.cornell.edu/~topher/lawn-drainage.png The water seems to come out from the ground in a grassy area between properties, flows across some of my lawn, and runs along some tall grasses before gradually dissapearing underground. Down toward the road, a pipe empties the ground water into a drainage ditch. Any suggestions? - Topher |
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There's a swamp in my yard!
Add dirt, the water will run off elsewhere.
topher" wrote in message ... Hi, I moved into a new house last July, and noticed that one corner of my back lawn got a lot more water than the rest, and was streaked by little rivulets. But with the drier weather in late summer, it was never a real problem. This Spring, however, the corner of the yard is swampy and un-mowable even 4 days after the last rainfall. This morning I did the best I could to mow it, and now it's raining again. The lawn there consists of some kind of hardy grass and now a lot of moss. I have no idea what I can do about this, so I thought I'd ask here. A rough sketch: is at http://www.lns.cornell.edu/~topher/lawn-drainage.png The water seems to come out from the ground in a grassy area between properties, flows across some of my lawn, and runs along some tall grasses before gradually dissapearing underground. Down toward the road, a pipe empties the ground water into a drainage ditch. Any suggestions? - Topher |
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There's a swamp in my yard!
I bought 14yds of white masonry grade sand and spread it over my back yard.
It has worked great. topher wrote: Hi, I moved into a new house last July, and noticed that one corner of my back lawn got a lot more water than the rest, and was streaked by little rivulets. But with the drier weather in late summer, it was never a real problem. This Spring, however, the corner of the yard is swampy and un-mowable even 4 days after the last rainfall. This morning I did the best I could to mow it, and now it's raining again. The lawn there consists of some kind of hardy grass and now a lot of moss. I have no idea what I can do about this, so I thought I'd ask here. A rough sketch: is at http://www.lns.cornell.edu/~topher/lawn-drainage.png The water seems to come out from the ground in a grassy area between properties, flows across some of my lawn, and runs along some tall grasses before gradually dissapearing underground. Down toward the road, a pipe empties the ground water into a drainage ditch. Any suggestions? - Topher |
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