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Drainage nightmare to backyard oasis in only 5 years
We moved in and tried planting grass seed but that got washed away first rain because this property was the catch basin for 5 other properties water runoff. So, after a lot of fighting with builders, the city, and neighbors… I never did get anywhere despite my attempts…. So, here we decided to do it ourselves! We laid sod, cleaned the hill, expanded and reinforced the ditch, planted along the property line, added landscaping and reinforcement to keep mulch from washing away below the main ditch, added a secondary ditch along the property line, planted tons of plants above the ditch and laid stone to help slow the water coming down the hill. It’s looking beautiful and no more flooded lawn, even after the heaviest of rains and the neighbors that I had issues with have ALL moved and the new ones say my landscaping (they can all see out their back door) is one of the main reasons they bought their homes. If anyone has an idea for how to build a ditch bridge near the steps I’d love to hear it! submitted by /u/Taskmaster_Fantatic [link] [comments]
| | We moved in and tried planting grass seed but that got washed away first rain because this property was the catch basin for 5 other properties water runoff. So, after a lot of fighting with builders, the city, and neighbors… I never did get anywhere despite my attempts…. So, here we decided to do it ourselves! We laid sod, cleaned the hill, expanded and reinforced the ditch, planted along the property line, added landscaping and reinforcement to keep mulch from washing away below the main ditch, added a secondary ditch along the property line, planted tons of plants above the ditch and laid stone to help slow the water coming down the hill. It’s looking beautiful and no more flooded lawn, even after the heaviest of rains and the neighbors that I had issues with have ALL moved and the new ones say my landscaping (they can all see out their back door) is one of the main reasons they bought their homes. If anyone has an idea for how to build a ditch bridge near the steps I’d love to hear it! [link] [comments] |
