New to house. Thoughts on how to fix this? Worried this is going to rot the roots of evergreens planted last autumn. I saw promising advice for throwing down woodchips and/or digging a swale on the interior of the treeline and regrading the old low spots to it.
by Forward_Drummer_4555
9 Comments
It’s a drainage easement by design, shouldn’t have planted trees deep in it.
Dont change the likely common area drainage on your lot or on the edge of your lots without consulting an engineer, your neighbors, your HOA or City and any other relevant authorities. That looks like it drains many backyards, if you alter it and flood your neighbors you are in big trouble. Look on your plat for easements.
Those trees need to be moved if you can. They will drown for sure.
Bad decision to plant evergreens there.
Follow the trench to see if it’s clogged at the end.
Would have been a great place to plant bald cypress trees
That looks like a planned drainage ditch that was graded that way when the subdivision was built. Trees should not have been planted in it.
Did you just get an unprecedented amount of rain? You should see Kentucky right now, I bet all them folks are wondering how to fix their flooded yards too.
Looks like you planted trees in the existing swale