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On Mon, 13 Jun 2011 12:50:57 +0000, jarredsc7
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What if a dug a little trench and filled it with gravel? Would this
create a useful buffer to deter bugs? Or would this screw up the drainage
issue even further?


I thought it was only termites you were wroried, about

Termites won't come out into the light.
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Termites won't come out into the light.


not but they will build mud tunnels to suitable food.

does the OP have a daylight place to send the water too below the
elevation of their home?

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