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On 12/30/2012 10:50 PM, Jan Flood wrote:
The neighbors yard drains into ours, down to the house and on around the side to the street. We almost always had standing water in the back and dogs that muddied it up and tracked it in. A french drain was too expensive to have done and too big a project for us to do. We've worked around it by bringing the planting area out about 6' to keep the water away from the house and hubby built a wide walkway/deck from the patio around the privacy garden and about half way down the length of the yard. It's low to the ground but high enough to span the low spots. Large stepping stones are arranged around both ends to make the transition. He used lattice to cover the sides so it's attractive, keeps critters out and doesn't block the drainage. It's worked so well we plan to expand it to cover the tree roots in the center of the yard. The dogs use the walkway to go back and forth - most of the time - and we've trained them to come in and sit on a rug till we get their feet dried. It even works good with a large lab we dog-sit with often. Still lots of room to run but no mud for her to play in.
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