nrc17gto
Silver Member
Looks like some shaley limestone in the bucket. Did you go any deeper, to see if it gets pretty solid..?? More then likely that layer is fractured, and water is perking up through it, off the harder layer below.
I am assuming you are just digging out that mucky spot, and going to replace it with more decent material......
Bet that's some pretty nice water though, coming off that limestone aquifer..!!
Nope, did not want to go any deeper. Feared I was too deep as it was. Yes I am more or less digging it out and I am going to fill the whole area with gravel to a certain depth. That way I figure the water will filter through the rock then hit the perforated pipe downhill of it.
It does look like some nice water, when I went out today after it had been sitting, it looked good and clear. Resisted getting a big drink though...:laughing:
nrc i wish you all the luck in the world dealing with this problem we have put drains and tryed several drainage methods so far nothing works if we have a real wet spring we cannot get anything in half of our hay field we have about 10 of those springs that show up when we get alot of rain all the digging we have done over the years we could never for sure get to the actual point where the water was comming up.good luck
Thanks Sam, I need it. This is the same situation just not as widespread as yours sounds. I wish I could find an exact point but I believe I would have to dig up the whole hillside. I am just about there as it is.
Thinking maybe it would have made more sense to dig a big hole on the downward slope side of the driveway, thereby giving the water someplace to go?
Maybe, but the way it seemed to me (novice here) is by the time it reached a ditch on the downhill side of my driveway, it would have had to seep underneath the driveway. Which I believe is what was making it unstable to start with.
Hopefully I will not have to redo this any time soon, but live and learn! I have learned a lot in this process so far and everyone on this forum has been very helpful! Here is a pic today, I did a little more digging after this to smooth it out but this definitely relieved the water.
Wet spring with trench. by nrc17gto, on Flickr