about drainage
By Micklynch
warwickshire,
United Kingdom 
i have a patch of lawn at the rear of my garden just below my raised waal about 2ft high just in the left hand corner is very boggy and unable to walk on even in summer doesn,t harden any methods on how i can harden the ground without digging up the garden ie tried forking to aireate but no joy!
15 Jan, 2009
Answers
cool Spritz that would mean my entire garden could be used as a bog garden lol, mine is still really bad .
in this weeks Amateur Gardening there is an article about drainage, this might help you Mick
15 Jan, 2009
Oh, Eileen, I thought you might have dried up a bit by now! Can you still float ducks down the path? LOL
Sorry - it's not funny - I mustn't joke. I hope your garden dries up soon. How's your weather?
15 Jan, 2009
today its actually quiet nice, ive just been told its 15 degrees out there. the forecast for the rest of the week isnt good tho, flood warning in effect. i really will have to do something about the drainage in this garden , hopefully soon too.
15 Jan, 2009
What did you have in mind? Put in pipes? Is your soil clay, Eileen?
15 Jan, 2009
we think we have figured it out this evening Spritz. we are going to dig a trench , put a pipe down leading to the main shore. place it at an angle so the water runs to the shore.
well thats what i am going to try first. hopefully it will work.
15 Jan, 2009
Good luck with it! It sounds like a real job-and-a-half, Eileen! :-(
17 Jan, 2009
thanks Spritz, ill let you know if it works
17 Jan, 2009
Why not give up trying and use it as a great opportunity to create a bog garden? There are so many great plants that love these conditions and it would be a real feature instead of a problem!
15 Jan, 2009