I have a problem that I'm not sure has a solution.

[Fuddy1952]

"Sure with I had used more pipe."
Sure WISHED I had used more pipe (larger and/or more).

 

[Jstpssng]

Plant a couple weeping willows,,
my SIL did that in a wet spot,, it actually helped,,

Those weeping willows must evaporate a TON of water,,, I have a poplar that dries up and kills the grass on a hillside,
I had to landscape it with stone, no grass or other vegetation would grow, that tree sucked up so much water.

I wouldn't want a willow tree anywhere near my house. Their effect on nearby wells and pipes are almost legendary.

Poplar produces a chemical which inhibits growth of other species nearby, which could be why your grass died.

 

[Diggin It]

Cedar Trees soak up a lot of ground water. Plant some and harvest for posts later.

The problem area is in the shadow of the house. That shadow hides the slope away from the house in this picture. The lack of grass is because I just dug this area up for the end of a 100' trench. It'll take a while for the grass to come back this time of year.

The shrubs to the left are Cedars. They're not doing a whole lot as far as I can tell. I've kept them trimmed to about 6' tall until this year when they got away from me. I'm planning on taking them out this Winter and moving them. Then maybe I can work on some other drainage away from the house.

Just to the left of the Cedars is the beginning of a steep hill that drops about 20-25' over about a 60' run.

 

[dodge man]

I think tile, just perforated plastic pipe, a couple of feet deep running left to right in your pic would help a lot. 3 or 4 runs woukd work, they wouldn’t have to be very long, just over the hill past the bushes. A little gravel around the pipe might help.

 

[two_bit_score]

I think tile, just perforated plastic pipe, a couple of feet deep running left to right in your pic would help a lot. 3 or 4 runs woukd work, they wouldn’t have to be very long, just over the hill past the bushes. A little gravel around the pipe might help.

That should help a lot.

The pic helped me understand what his problem was. Poor drainage it looks like. Unless there is a leak not found yet.

 

[Diggin It]

Not certain yet, but it appears to be due to the dew. Still working on the whole shed roof/porch type thing, so I only have some of the metal roof up so far. The roughly 12' area that's covered is staying much more dry. The area that is not covered is wet to the point of being muddy every morning.

Once I get done with the porch type covering, I'll till and re-seed the areas that have been torn up by digging and other work. I'll try to grade a little more slope away from the porch area also. I call it a porch, but really it's just a shed roof type thing to keep rain off the electric work I'm doing for the generator and away from the side of the house.

 

[Oaktree]

The house I owned about 40 years ago had a patch of yard that stayed soggy in the spring long after everywhere else had dried up. Figured I go ahead and put perforated pipe under that section to help it drain. As it went in, it got better, but still seemed awfully wet (blackflies were horrible that year to add to the fun). Finally figured I do one more length of pipe, was digging the trench and hit something that felt like a rock. Hit it a bit harder with the pick and all of a sudden I had a geyser!! Turns out there was an old cellarhole on an adjoining piece of property (that must have been part of mine at one time) that would fill up in the spring or when it was really rainy. It had a drainpipe in it that either dead ended, or was plugged under this section of lawn. Spliced that pipe into my drain, no more soggy lawn.

 

[DrRod]

Has anyone considered a diviner or water witch. Don't laugh, there's plenty of documented successes from these people.

 

[Industrial Toys]

Works better in fact than a lot of stuff people believe in every day that doesn't work at all.

All I can say, is, I'm not laughing. I played with it, but never dug a hole for water either. It's not what most people might think. It's complicated.

 

[MossRoad]

Has anyone considered a diviner or water witch. Don't laugh, there's plenty of documented successes from these people.

There's no documented success. It all comes out the same as chance.

No one has ever claimed the $1,000,000 dollar prize for it either, because it's bunk.