Haul in dirt, dump dirt, have fun in bobcat sloping dirt toward street. Wait for grass to overtake dirt.
BoxAble8147
Is this your front-side yard? The short answer is you need a drain. Ideally leading to the road or a storm drain.
But you’re obviously catching a lot of run-off, your yards lower than everything else I can see. Is the road running into it? What’s feeding that pool
ferngully99
NEED MORE TOWELS!!
idye24
Just get a boat and call it a lake
Dixiehusker
Soak up? Not much for that amount of water. To drain it, you have to identify where you want the water to go first.
AbbreviationsFit8962
Correct grade
yoitsme_obama17
A load of shamwows will do it I think
Butterfly-Sweet
Big sponge
Segazorgs
Surface water drain which should be an easy install with flex pipe.
The_Daugh
Apparently a dutch towel
Guywithanantfarm
Giant sponge 🧽
ziomus90
Straws?
Sleeping_Bunny_
A flood pump, or plant some water-loving plants and turn it into a lake. But most effective would be to correctly grade the land so it slopes toward a storm drain or something
HawaiianHank
you use the only thing that can hold fifty times it’s size in water…. you use the SHAMWOW!
RuthTheWidow
Harvest It! Screams the gardener… as she wishes for this moisture. A swale, lightly tapered…. direct the water to a small sand-bottom water lily feature, oh damn…
I’ve actually dug several trenches (actually about 10) throughout my yard — some as deep as 30 cm deep, and tapered to a width of about 55-60cm. One trench runs along a full length of my yard, and deposits the bulk of water in a pond under my ancient old trees out front. Flowers bloom in abundance all along the edge of the trench, delphiniums and hyssop and lilies and haliopsis, its gorgeous…. but it once was a boggy, mildewy, damp and ugly spot.
Embracing water, rather than forwarding it on… could make a lovely feature in your yard.
Highimstuff
All you need is some nice bread to sop it all up. Easy.
Minute-Bit-6072
Add fish
Old-Blacksmith-7830
You have options. I’d love to see what’s on the other side of that fence.
Option 1 – install drain tile in that side yard and move the water to the street. Might require a submersible pump basin.
Option 2 – bring in dirt and re grade the yard. You might have to do this even if you choose option 1.
Option 3 – nothing. It’s probably been doing that since the early 80’s.
EvaDaMama
I would contact your county or city building/zoning dept and make sure you don’t need a permit. They will surely have suggestions, too. Looks like your neighbors have the same issue. By my house we trenched between our houses and angled yards with fill and trenches with slope towards the boggy woods behind us. For me, the dirt was expensive but the trenching, lining, and drain hose (?) were very affordable.
nemopost
French drain. Look it up
Blunt4words20
Add dirt that will wash away in a few years, and repeat!
DizzyintheMileHigh
You need have a lot fill dirt hauled in, level it out and replant grass or whatever you like at that point.
streachh
Rain garden. Deep rooted native plants help water filter into clay soil, and by creating a specific area for the water to drain to, you reduce widespread flooding like this
Business-Candidate90
drain is the way
bimbels
Shop-vac.
feverlast
Enough rice would work. 3, maybe 4 cups?
NinjaBilly55
Add dirt until it becomes your neighbor’s problem..
ShakeThatAsclepias
If you have a spot well enough downhill, you can use direct drop catch basins, run solid pipe from that to a lower point where it can spit out in a daylight cut or a pop-up. If, however, it is uphill all ways, French drains of a decent size might do the trick. Large hole, or trench, in the ground, lined in filter cloth on all sides, filled with 3/4-in wash gravel, topped in the fabric, then 4 inchws of soil up to the existing grade. Seed or sod on top.
Diaslife
A big piece of bread. Lol you said soak it up.
Shoddy_Pop79413
A couple shamwows
thifrigene
Get some ducks at your nearest park
Verusauxilium
Your cheapest option is a surface drain piped to the street.
Long term I would get some trees.
daisiesarepretty2
make it quit raining
wait
while waiting figure out where it is coming from, neighbors, your downspouts etc.
work on plan for grading to move water.
when dry start to implement plan
they_call_me_tripod
Plant a willow
mharant
Look into “rain garden” to drain and soak it in a temporary pond with beautiful plants.
hooks101
Rice?
jburton81
Brawny. Don’t buy the cheap brand.
Lunamoms
Host a competition for the neighborhood kids to see who can drink the most water, winner gets a Nintendo switch.
Klutzylady_death
Have you thought about a rain garden? You dig an area for a gently sloping pond and plant water hungry plants around the edges at different levels. If you look it up on Google or Pinterest, you’ll find good examples with lists of plants you can use. Do your research and put in about a day or two of work and you should never have this problem again.
xxgsr02
French drain
Or several dozen kiddie pools filled with alfalfa
The_Poster_Nutbag
Well the first consideration is that it’s obviously still raining. We would need more context of the surrounding area to know where it can flow off to.
How long after it rains does the water take to dry up after it stop raining? How often does this happen and with what level of rainfall?
Things like that will determine the proper solution.
boom3rty
dig a 2-3′ deep hole, 2′ diameter, lay down weed mat, and fill with rocks. Can then cover with more weed mat, top soil then turf. This allows water to bypass the clay loam layer and drain directly into the bedrock below.
TennisLow6594
“Soak up” As if you don’t understand that’s probably hundreds of gallons. Landscape some drainage or ignore it.
xingchenESF
Plant something. Look up wet site plants, or ornamental grasses that soak up water. Willow trees need water like this but their roots can sometimes be an issue with plumbing.
_fractured_
Tal to the city about why all your neighbors drain thru your yard
Loose_Ambassador2432
Dealing with clay is tough; mixing in sand or compost can help improve drainage, or you could try digging a shallow trench to redirect the water. French drains work wonders if you get this often.
Human-Entrepreneur77
Gutters on neighbors garage will solve a lot of the problem.
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Lots of paper towels.
Haul in dirt, dump dirt, have fun in bobcat sloping dirt toward street. Wait for grass to overtake dirt.
Is this your front-side yard? The short answer is you need a drain. Ideally leading to the road or a storm drain.
But you’re obviously catching a lot of run-off, your yards lower than everything else I can see. Is the road running into it? What’s feeding that pool
NEED MORE TOWELS!!
Just get a boat and call it a lake
Soak up? Not much for that amount of water. To drain it, you have to identify where you want the water to go first.
Correct grade
A load of shamwows will do it I think
Big sponge
Surface water drain which should be an easy install with flex pipe.
Apparently a dutch towel
Giant sponge 🧽
Straws?
A flood pump, or plant some water-loving plants and turn it into a lake. But most effective would be to correctly grade the land so it slopes toward a storm drain or something
you use the only thing that can hold fifty times it’s size in water…. you use the SHAMWOW!
Harvest It! Screams the gardener… as she wishes for this moisture. A swale, lightly tapered…. direct the water to a small sand-bottom water lily feature, oh damn…
I’ve actually dug several trenches (actually about 10) throughout my yard — some as deep as 30 cm deep, and tapered to a width of about 55-60cm. One trench runs along a full length of my yard, and deposits the bulk of water in a pond under my ancient old trees out front. Flowers bloom in abundance all along the edge of the trench, delphiniums and hyssop and lilies and haliopsis, its gorgeous…. but it once was a boggy, mildewy, damp and ugly spot.
Embracing water, rather than forwarding it on… could make a lovely feature in your yard.
All you need is some nice bread to sop it all up. Easy.
Add fish
You have options. I’d love to see what’s on the other side of that fence.
Option 1 – install drain tile in that side yard and move the water to the street. Might require a submersible pump basin.
Option 2 – bring in dirt and re grade the yard. You might have to do this even if you choose option 1.
Option 3 – nothing. It’s probably been doing that since the early 80’s.
I would contact your county or city building/zoning dept and make sure you don’t need a permit. They will surely have suggestions, too. Looks like your neighbors have the same issue. By my house we trenched between our houses and angled yards with fill and trenches with slope towards the boggy woods behind us. For me, the dirt was expensive but the trenching, lining, and drain hose (?) were very affordable.
French drain. Look it up
Add dirt that will wash away in a few years, and repeat!
You need have a lot fill dirt hauled in, level it out and replant grass or whatever you like at that point.
Rain garden. Deep rooted native plants help water filter into clay soil, and by creating a specific area for the water to drain to, you reduce widespread flooding like this
drain is the way
Shop-vac.
Enough rice would work. 3, maybe 4 cups?
Add dirt until it becomes your neighbor’s problem..
If you have a spot well enough downhill, you can use direct drop catch basins, run solid pipe from that to a lower point where it can spit out in a daylight cut or a pop-up. If, however, it is uphill all ways, French drains of a decent size might do the trick. Large hole, or trench, in the ground, lined in filter cloth on all sides, filled with 3/4-in wash gravel, topped in the fabric, then 4 inchws of soil up to the existing grade. Seed or sod on top.
A big piece of bread. Lol you said soak it up.
A couple shamwows
Get some ducks at your nearest park
Your cheapest option is a surface drain piped to the street.
Long term I would get some trees.
make it quit raining
wait
while waiting figure out where it is coming from, neighbors, your downspouts etc.
work on plan for grading to move water.
when dry start to implement plan
Plant a willow
Look into “rain garden” to drain and soak it in a temporary pond with beautiful plants.
Rice?
Brawny. Don’t buy the cheap brand.
Host a competition for the neighborhood kids to see who can drink the most water, winner gets a Nintendo switch.
Have you thought about a rain garden? You dig an area for a gently sloping pond and plant water hungry plants around the edges at different levels. If you look it up on Google or Pinterest, you’ll find good examples with lists of plants you can use. Do your research and put in about a day or two of work and you should never have this problem again.
French drain
Or several dozen kiddie pools filled with alfalfa
Well the first consideration is that it’s obviously still raining. We would need more context of the surrounding area to know where it can flow off to.
How long after it rains does the water take to dry up after it stop raining? How often does this happen and with what level of rainfall?
Things like that will determine the proper solution.
dig a 2-3′ deep hole, 2′ diameter, lay down weed mat, and fill with rocks. Can then cover with more weed mat, top soil then turf. This allows water to bypass the clay loam layer and drain directly into the bedrock below.
“Soak up” As if you don’t understand that’s probably hundreds of gallons. Landscape some drainage or ignore it.
Plant something. Look up wet site plants, or ornamental grasses that soak up water. Willow trees need water like this but their roots can sometimes be an issue with plumbing.
Tal to the city about why all your neighbors drain thru your yard
Dealing with clay is tough; mixing in sand or compost can help improve drainage, or you could try digging a shallow trench to redirect the water. French drains work wonders if you get this often.
Gutters on neighbors garage will solve a lot of the problem.