If he’s an experienced landscaper he should be able to advise and implement any needed interventions, french drains etc, it’s a standard part of landscaping.
Yes he is and carried out works like this before with drainage for gardens, patios etc
I just wanted to see if there was any ideas or something I could do myself, without additional costs of a professional
Is there a hard solid layer lower down? Try knocking in a long stake and see how far it will go. If that's the issue then no amount of improving the upper layers will solve it.
An alternative approach might be to dig a wider bed there and plant a bog-garden with plants that like to have their feet in water.
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
I feel that any digging should be to investigate the problem. The soil isn't draining as it should, even though near-by ground is. The amount of water suggests a cause other than a patch of heavy soil. So, how does the water get there? Where do the other areas drain? What is blocking the drainage of that area? I don't think that you can solve this by hit and miss digging, you need to understand the cause.
The main cause of this was heavy rain last night which filled this area and its just now draining away. It has gone down a little this morning but not much tbh
Even if I just re located the water to the rear of the garden would be better, I have 2 massive laurels along the back fence line so relocating to that area would be an option as you cant get behind them so area is never used for anything, some water might seep over into the land other side of fence but its woods and the drain pipe would still be in my land.
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- re dig out the 2nd layer turning soil and manure
- remove a 3rd dig layer
- fill with some kind of gravel as this layer
- dump the 3rd layer dug out
- back fill with the 2nd layer and manure mix, with additional topsoil to fill up to ground level
Again though it might just happen again after soil improvement if the problem is further down.Thanks
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I just wanted to see if there was any ideas or something I could do myself, without additional costs of a professional
I havent went further down that 3 spades depth, the digger would have turned over about the same depth.
I think it will have to be drainage as a solution
Its prob about a 10m run to get to my back fence line, where there is woods out the back
Is the attached diagram an option, its something I could do myself albeit very labour intensive.
Question is how far down should that drainage pipe be?
Can I dig this out to the back of my house, I think it might be council owned land behind me?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
What do you mean by a ditch nearby?