I posted this on one other forum, so if any of you see it twice, please excuse. I'm interested in seeing pics of any drainage projects anyone has done that look like a dry stone creek bed. I have a large corner lot and the back yard drains toward the front at one side of the house. This side then continues to drain toward the street. The problem is that it doesn't drain very quickly and during our torential Gulf Coast rains, I get water backed up into the yard and have boggy ground and floating mulch for days. I've put in some 4" underground PVC with catch basins, but it's not doing enough. I'm considering digging a drainage ditch and lining it with stone so it looks like a dry creek bed. If anyone here has done anything similar, I'd love to see pics. I know this won't be a cheap or easy task, so I'd like to make sure it will look O.K. before I kill my husband laboring to dig the ditch!
Drainage Project
This is in my yard, but it was here when we moved in, so I didn't build it. It has landscaping fabric under the stones. It's amazing how much water it gets and it looks pretty.
Fly I love that! Even if you didn't create it, it is gorgeous and a perfect example, I think.
fly girl, thanks so much for posting the pic. I think if my neighbor sees that she'll agree to us placing something similar between our properties. Right now, both our back yards stand in water with every heavy rain. Thanks again.