Teal Lake has been gone now for several weeks. It's good to see the grass growing in the back yard again and to not worry about stagnant, stinking water. The grass has even grown long enough to mow. We have yet to fix the problem with the drainage tiles but that will come in time. We aren't
looking forward to digging up the yard but know it has to be done eventually as the town agrees that the water has always been
funneled through our property and not back through the orchard as we had hoped. It just seemed strange to us that it would make a big U around the back of our property instead of a straight line toward the lake. Oh well, it was worth asking and now we know. Hopefully, the big rains will hold off until we can get the tiles cleaned or replaced. We really don't want the puddle back.
Teal Lake has been gone now for several weeks. It's good to see the grass growing in the back yard again and to not worry about stagnant, stinking water. The grass has even grown long enough to mow. We have yet to fix the problem with the drainage tiles but that will come in time. We aren't 
looking forward to digging up the yard but know it has to be done eventually as the town agrees that the water has always been funneled through our property and not back through the orchard as we had hoped. It just seemed strange to us that it would make a big U around the back of our property instead of a straight line toward the lake. Oh well, it was worth asking and now we know. Hopefully, the big rains will hold off until we can get the tiles cleaned or replaced. We really don't want the puddle back.
It does look nice and green back there... Good for playing touch football.
ReplyDeleteI can see why you would be excited to have your yard back, it is stunning! Like living in a park. Glad you have an answer, even if it isn't the one desired. How do you know where the tiles are ? I am not even slightly knowlegeable of drainage thingies.
ReplyDeleteWe don't really know exactly where they are. That's part of the problem. That's also why we went to the town to find out what needed to be done. All we know is water runs downhill and there isn't much downhill from the backyard.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad it's going to be fixed. What beautiful weather we've been having! I read in the paper it's supposed to be a dry summer...good for your drainage problem. You might even have to get out your sprinklers! We already have.
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