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Boggy Garden
Honeymonster13
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My garden used to be a railway cutting and gets very soggy underfoot. A previous occupant of our house had several tonnes of soil laid on top of the ballast, which is roughly 6 inches deep. Any suggestions of how I could improve the drainage? I have excavated ditch down one side, but the water doesn't seem to drain into the ditch quickly at all. Do you think I need to have the soil removed? Any advice will be greatly appreciated. 
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You can try mixing some sand into the soil which can aid in drainage. If that don't help you can fit a drainage system, but will be expensive. You are then left with the option of removing the soil1
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don't you need something on the slope side to collect/hold the water running off the slopes soil ?
i would think about a ditch on the slope side filled with gravel/hardcore and branch from there to the ditch you have on the other side, maybe possible to use pipework (instead of gravel/hardcore) to collect and direct the water into the ditch you have made1
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