boostmg
Silver Member
Hey everyone ... I have a property that has a field. The state has about 4 swales which diverts runoff onto my property. Last year i dug trenches with a shovel into the dirt to help contain and direct this water, this was a short term desperate fix.
The flow is relatively constant for most trenches. They range from 4-10" deep and about 5-10" wide. I have a treeline in the middle of the field, and that's naturally where all the water wants to flow, and that tree line ends up flowing into a creek which feeds into a reservoir.
The trenches I created act as "channels" to take this water from the states swales, to my treeline. I just roughly measure on google maps the distance of all my trenches and they are as follows:
trench 1 660 ft
trench 2 340 ft
trench 3 285 ft
trench 4 326 ft
So i'm wondering, what is the most cost effective way to properly build these waterways? I've seen things like french drains, dry creek beds etc but much of that seems mighty expensive. I really don't have too much of an issue just having trenches dug out from the dirt, but I believe that is not good for long term?
I'd love to know what others think about this as I have not much knowledge on landscaping or drainage.
The flow is relatively constant for most trenches. They range from 4-10" deep and about 5-10" wide. I have a treeline in the middle of the field, and that's naturally where all the water wants to flow, and that tree line ends up flowing into a creek which feeds into a reservoir.
The trenches I created act as "channels" to take this water from the states swales, to my treeline. I just roughly measure on google maps the distance of all my trenches and they are as follows:
trench 1 660 ft
trench 2 340 ft
trench 3 285 ft
trench 4 326 ft
So i'm wondering, what is the most cost effective way to properly build these waterways? I've seen things like french drains, dry creek beds etc but much of that seems mighty expensive. I really don't have too much of an issue just having trenches dug out from the dirt, but I believe that is not good for long term?
I'd love to know what others think about this as I have not much knowledge on landscaping or drainage.