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Default French Drains, Best Cover Material?

On 2010-07-18, hr(bob) wrote:

My guy used a layer of straw and then some coarse gravel over that
before filling back in with topsoil that has a lot of clay in it.


The though of using mulch for the top layer had crossed my mind, but
it's a little light, and the mower would probably suck it up and sling
it everywhere.