Propagation: Plant Propagation Discussions - Sept 2019, 3 by Gypsi

Gypsi wrote:
I sit about 2/3 of the way down a wide hill that is on my west, and about 1/4 of the way down a wide but lower hill to my south, when the landowner behind my downhill neighbor, southeast of my fence corner raised his property a foot, I got 11 inches of rain in a day around Sept 30th last year and it took 3 weeks for my yard not to have standing water, and my air conditioner slab developed a tilt and the water under my foundation had me thinking I had a leak. So in October last year, while the ground was soft, we did a lot of digging (my crew and I) and installed drains.

If I hadn\'t put in French drains in 2018 I\'d be flooded again. Everything is working, and the gutter we added to the greenhouse drops into a 55 gallon drum with a hose attached about 9 inches up (screen on top so no mosquitoes) The hose pulls the water farther out into the yard.

On the uphill side, at the edge of the lot where it meets my yard, I have a sump pump in a container that connects to 3 inch sewer pipe that runs all along the fence like 100 ft, to the top of my driveway. Float switch activates it.

On the downhill side, I added a cloth covered irrigation pipe with box at the low point in the backyard, near my other fence, and that runs under back yard fence, half way up my east flower bed\'s edge, then connects to solid 3 inch sewer pipe that goes all the way to a popup near the street. This means I can water my front yard\'s actual St Augustine grass without the water going in French drain.