dairich wrote:
A corner of my lawn (about 2 m.sq. is badly drained (& shaded). It
ends at a 20cm. step down to a path. What can I do?

If the subsoil is permeble, get a bulb planter and remove deep 'cores'
and fill with sand.

Then put the top of the core back.


If the subsoil itself is staurated, then the whole area needs to be
drained and raised.

What can and has worked for me is to strip the surface turves, lay a
couple of inches of sand, and put them back.

Now the water will run through the sand..the question of course is where
it will end up...

If you want to properly drain a whole flat area, its really down to
ripping it all up, laing in perforated pipes and gravel and then
rebuilding the soil over the top...

We ghave really compromised by simply raising beds adnd paths, - thsoe
with criushed limestonme - and letting te grass grow back. The alwn is
sodden in witerm, but we dont have to walk on it any more!

Once summer comes, the tree roots suck the ******* dry.