bad drainage in my garden?

Question

can anyone give me any ideas on how to stop my garden flooding everytime we have a down pour.
its only a tiny front garden but it is turfed.
i did get told sand helps but am un sure if this is true.

gravel is,nt an option as i have children who have an interest in throwing stones lol

Answer 1

I too have this problem but on a bigger scale. You could try putting extensions on your downspouts to take the water away from the house. You might also look into putting French drains in the yard to divert the water. Mixing sand in with your soil might help but if you have clay soil you are going to have a big job. Standing water will eventually kill the sod-it invites all sorts of diseases to take over the grass.

Answer 2

in case you have undesirable drainage, sand won't be the respond. Take a shovel and dig until eventually you attain clay. there is relatively a soil gadget you need to purchase to try this. you will comprehend once you have reahed clay by way of fact the colour would be grayish and the soil will carry at the same time tightly. Sand will help in case you have fairly some inches of subsoil until eventually now you attain clay. on the clay point, you have what's called a perch. The water will circulate no added and could pool up real at this point. you additionally can do this your self interior the hollow you have dug. The water will attain this perch point and circulate no added. If this perch is on the component of the exterior, sand can no longer help. The flowers which will do the superb if this perch is on the component of the exterior, is any plant with a shallow root gadget. you will get many books or circulate to the internet to web content that provide information approximately flowers and their root structures. for example, thyme does not have a protracted faucet root so it would do fantastic in this variety of soil. Carrots won't do nicely in any respect. lots of your creeping flowers which incorporate creeping phlox, lavendar, and so on additionally will do nicely. in case you degree the area out of your subsoil to the perch you additionally can plan on planting flowers that have a faucet root, only no longer a deep plant root. So ascertain how plenty soil you need to artwork with until eventually now the perch section and then seek for flowers which will thrive in this volume of airborne dirt and dirt.

Answer 3

Have you thought about raising your garden? Use about three to four deep rows of edging blocks (like in a circle), put about an inch to 1/2 inch of gravel on the bottom, filll the rest with good planting soil, and plant. You could also try a whiskey barrel or something to that nature. I have raised gardens all over my yard, mostly built with landscape timbers and the are so much easier to weed! (saves on the back strain!)

Answer 4

Try installing a new drainage spout or clearing out your existing one. If that doesn't work and you are determined to have a garden in that spot, put in a rock bed and plant water loving or pond plants. Sand will help some but not completely.

Answer 5

I have the same problem. A friend once put something into the affected area called 'wavy coil' . Its plastic tubing with holes that allow the water to drain through. Its cheap and you can get it from B&Q etc. What you do is: dig a trench and make sure that the lie of the land allows the water to drain downwards (so when you dig the trench you dig enough gradient to ensure the water can flow). It did make a considerable difference. Good Luck

Answer 6

A permanent solution would be to get rid of the turf and replace it with a decorative gravel this is excellent for drainage and will solve your problem.

Answer 7

One option would be to terrace it and put in a rain garden. Check out www.raingardens.org for info on how to install one. They slow the flow of the water.

Answer 8

Probably a drainage tranch, filled with gravel and rubble then re-turfed. But a lot of work and messy.

Answer 9

you need to put drain pips in at about 24in deep

Answer 10

clearing it might help