Yard Drainage Solutions – show notes

Today’s links: ely.how/episode51

• Today’s Plant: Fringed sedge

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Yard drainage tips

• Causes
  • Compaction
  • Dense soil – clay, low organic matter
  • Shallow soil
  • High water table
  • Poor grading / planning
• Issues
  • Wet spots
  • Soggy yard
  • Dead spots
• How to improve yard drainage
  • Is it really a problem? Why is it really a problem?
  • Small interventions
    • Redirect traffic
    • Reduce play of children, pets in the area
    • Replant with wet tolerant ground cover
  • Medium interventions
    • French drain
    • Garden bed ‘Rain garden’
  • Heavy intervention
    • Regrade to remove water from space
  • Watch-outs
    • Utilities
    • Foundation damage
    • Long standing water >3-4 days
    • Rotten, mucky smell

Today’s favorite plant

Fringed sedge

• Carex crinita
• 1-3ft tall, 1-2ft wide
• Spreads slowly by rhizome to form clumps
• Prefers moist to wet soils
• Full sun to part shade
• USDA zone 3-8
• Tolerates some dryness