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Water sodden lawn?

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  • 02-09-2019 8:48pm
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    fryup
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    Whats the best thing to do with a small flat back garden lawn that gets sodden anytime there's heavy rain...theres no natural drainage and its heavily shaded :(

    aggregated with a fork and spread with sand?


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    shanec1928
    Registered Users Posts: 4,147 ✭✭✭shanec1928


    fryup wrote: »
    Whats the best thing to do with a small flat back garden lawn that gets sodden anytime there's heavy rain...theres no natural drainage and its heavily shaded :(

    aggregated with a fork and spread with sand?
    I think you have answered your own question. if theirs no natural drainage you need to create your own.


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    Lumen
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    Plant things that will suck up the water and whose roots will create natural drainage channels.


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    Souness
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    A pond?


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    GrumpyMe
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    Google "french drain" and/or "soakaway"


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    magicbastarder
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    new build? it's very possible that you have heavily compacted subsoil under an inch or two of topsoil.


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    RiderOnTheStorm
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    magicbastarder wrote: »
    new build? it's very possible that you have heavily compacted subsoil under an inch or two of topsoil.

    I think I have this problem. I tried rotavating but I dont think I got deep enough. What can I do? Dig deep trench (s) and insert drainage pipes? Use small jcb to go deeper than few inches?


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