simple life
Garden Ornament
Not sure if this is the right section for this but what the heck.
I have been having a tough time with low spots in the yard holding alot of water after a rain and even when it drains its all muck.
I trucked in alot of loam over the summer to level it off but its still retaining water.
It seems that the loam just didn't have the heft or structure needed to hold up.
I didn't want to use the rocky fill that was available because I already have way too many stones mixed in the lawn as it is.
I had a problem with chicken run getting mucky and gross and used hay and other things but the best thing and it has been a miracle worker is coarse sand.
That stuff has been amazing and I wish I had done it a long time ago.
For the yard though I need to do something else.
I can get free wood chips and I was thinking of putting them down and then a layer of dirt just to give it some more structure.
We are planting grass over it in the spring.
I know the wood chips will break down eventually but I was thinking that by then the grass would give it enough structure and drainage.
Any suggestions?
I have been having a tough time with low spots in the yard holding alot of water after a rain and even when it drains its all muck.
I trucked in alot of loam over the summer to level it off but its still retaining water.
It seems that the loam just didn't have the heft or structure needed to hold up.
I didn't want to use the rocky fill that was available because I already have way too many stones mixed in the lawn as it is.
I had a problem with chicken run getting mucky and gross and used hay and other things but the best thing and it has been a miracle worker is coarse sand.
That stuff has been amazing and I wish I had done it a long time ago.
For the yard though I need to do something else.
I can get free wood chips and I was thinking of putting them down and then a layer of dirt just to give it some more structure.
We are planting grass over it in the spring.
I know the wood chips will break down eventually but I was thinking that by then the grass would give it enough structure and drainage.
Any suggestions?