What can I use to drain water beside my sidewalk.?
Whenever it rains, my sidewalk (in the back of my house) is flooded with water. I have dug a trench along side the sidewalk and down the side of the garage (The backyard slopes) so that the water runs downhill. What can I do to make the trenches more than just dirt? Any edging or other landscaping ideas?
Thanks
I put in dry creek beds to route the water away.
All you need to do is widen the trenches you already have and then I put down some landscape fabric ( to keep the soil in place), the got river rocks ( the round looking ones) and placed them on top of the lansdcaping fabric.
When it rains I have beautiful little flowing creeks and when it is dry, they look beautiful as well ! One thing I did that I didn't find out about until later was to take a bit of concrete and glued a few of the rocks together where they seemed to be moving ! Actually it was just there people and animals had crossed and I got tired of putting the rocks back. This solved the problem.
Good Luck
Siegel Landscape & Drainage
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