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Curing a water logged garden - opinions??

Widelats · 2011-05-29 09:38:29

It is making awful squelching sounds and more or less has puddles in it, so this is what i'm going to do: Get a auger, and make several holes in the ground about 3 feet apart, all over the water logged area (which is my entire back garden) holes will be around 1.5 to 3 feet deep i can't decide yet. Opinions on depth?? Then…

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ALIBOBSY Posts: 4,527 Forumite

29 May 2011 at 11:48PM

Sounds like our house. Our gardeb is clay but the front drains better as it is bigger and on the road.we had some patches that were worse than others. We didthe sinkhole bit with plenty of sand involved.We then converted to raised beds and sand plus bark on top for the paths.

Really helped, but the top end of the garden still gets a bit squishy when we had alot of rain for days on end.But it does seem to dry out quicker afterwards.

ali x

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Acknowledge the bell you cant unring"

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