Hallo zusammen, ich bin gerade neu im ersten Beitrag der Gruppe. Ich muss ehrlich sagen, dass ich noch nie zuvor einen Garten in einer Wohnung gehabt habe, der mir immer sehr gut gefallen hat. Vor ein paar Jahren sind wir in ein neu gebautes Haus umgezogen. Vorder- und Hintergarten, der Vorgarten ist schön, der Rasen ist grün und natürlich! Die Rückseite ist jedoch schrecklich. Ich lebe in den schottischen Highlands, daher regnet es viel, der Garten überschwemmt die Abflüsse und es entstehen tote Sumpfgebiete!! Was können Sie tun, um das Problem zu beheben? Jede Hilfe wird sehr geschätzt
Von: HappyRespect3
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Does it pool in the middle? If your lawn is uneven you can use a soil and sand mix to spread over the garden and re-establish a level (turn a metal rake upside down to smooth out). Looks like you’ve got a great place for it to run off at the back, but if you’ve got dips and clay soil it will just settle.
You can buy bags of soil and sand mix from nurseries. You could even attempt to give it a slight slope for runoff.
Once done reseed with grass seed.
Plants and trees will help
I live on a floodplain, and have dug a French drain the full length of the garden and a cubic metre soak away. Over the 6 years I have lived here I have bought 15 tonne topsoil, 5 tonne sharp sand, 7 tonne shingle, and probably 20+ tonne of woodchip. I have used all that to raise my garden level by around 8 inches and created a fertile and well draining top to what used to be hard packed clay and rock. It doesn’t pool with water any more!
An option I couldn’t do as I was fighting flood water but could work for you would be to dig a pond and have it overflow either just downhill off your land, or into a French drain/soak away.
Have a look through the previous posts on this sub – you’re not alone! It’s a common problem especially in new build houses. About 93 other people have had the same problem this winter, so you might find some helpful advice on earlier threads.
Aerate and top dress compost twice a year for a few years.. I’m doing same process
You’ve probably a dog (water bowl/yellow patches) and kids so the grass is compacted and overused in winter. Start with limiting access and protecting the grass in winter as it’ll be wrecked come spring time and won’t get growing.
Weird one. Is your swing attached to the ground? How’re you finding it? I want one for my boys.
Land of Heather! There are a variety of heathers in different colours,you’re perfectly located for, I’d have thought? Easy to maintain too and don’t get overly large either.
only a new build could have drainage problems on top of a hill 🤣 what have they levelled the ground out with, solid concrete?
try thirsty plants or trees, pretty easy fix,
try not to plant too many though….