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Solving a Chronically Wet Yard with a Land Drain

Install a land drain: dig trench 18 inches deep, lay perforated pipe, cover with landscape fabric, fill with large gravel, cover fabric, then soil. Pipe must slope to a runoff or soakaway. Plants alone cannot absorb that volume.

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