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Solving waterlogged garden
taz0647294
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Hi all
I'll start by stating I know next to nothing about gardening or landscaping. Only limited research so far.
Basically my garden is waterlogged (I would say approximately 1/2 surface water mainly in the middle section). It's an 'small to average' sized garden, something like 100m2. The parts which aren't waterlogged are very boggy. Clearly there's a soil drainage issue going on.
My current plan of action is to wait for the bulk of it to evaporate over some non-rainy days, manually aerate it, possibly get a proper aerating machine to go over it again, followed by covering with a very sandy topsoil mix making sure it levels with the rest of the garden. I'm hoping that could solve the issue for now before a more permanent complete overhaul in the summer?
Let me know if you think that sounds about right or if not how you would solve this problem? Any better ideas etc.
Cheers
I'll start by stating I know next to nothing about gardening or landscaping. Only limited research so far.
Basically my garden is waterlogged (I would say approximately 1/2 surface water mainly in the middle section). It's an 'small to average' sized garden, something like 100m2. The parts which aren't waterlogged are very boggy. Clearly there's a soil drainage issue going on.
My current plan of action is to wait for the bulk of it to evaporate over some non-rainy days, manually aerate it, possibly get a proper aerating machine to go over it again, followed by covering with a very sandy topsoil mix making sure it levels with the rest of the garden. I'm hoping that could solve the issue for now before a more permanent complete overhaul in the summer?
Let me know if you think that sounds about right or if not how you would solve this problem? Any better ideas etc.
Cheers
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I assume the area is covered by grass?
If it's really bad I don't think aeration will do much as you are only going down a few inches.
Have you investigated to see if there is a hard layer of clay under the top soil?
Welcome to the forum as well.