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Good morning FS friends
It was a productive day yesterday. Slight drizzle made for easy weed pulling but still have much to do. On a normal year this would not be an issue as I tend to get them yanked when they're small, but this has been far from a normal year. Have changed my mind about building a pond as that would be impractical given the lack of a power source to a pump that would be needed. Thought about solar powered as an option, but the area where it would go is a bit too shaded.
So plan B will be to put in 2 rain gardens instead to hold overflow water that keeps draining from my neighbours property and into my outbuilding. My shed collapsed as a result last year, and the outbuilding foundations had started to crumble (thank you John for repouring them last summer) Since that neighbour passed away a couple of years ago, his children are never here, the property isn't maintained. My original neighbour and I had plans to address the drainage issue but he's gone so need to figure out my own strategy. Unfortunately with their property not being maintained, I get the benefit of all of their weed seeds which is another contributor to my own weed problem. No solving that one any time soon. Just hope that they sell it to a responsible person someday.
Oh well...so it goes. Lots of digging ahead, but once done, the rain garden set up, there will be a pollinator habitat in the years to come that will help divert the water from my outbuilding. Once it has proven to work, I'll have the outbuilding floor repoured as the current one due to water intrusion has cracked and sunk.
One thing is certain. Life is never dull with one challenge or another. Certainly an exercise in lifelong learning.
Over and out
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I am not familiar with a rain garden. It sounds interesting. I like that you are working on projects! I hope you get some responsible neighbors soon.
03 авг 24 написано членом: -MorticiaAddams
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oooh a rain garden sounds beautiful and will help greatly with water absorption, especially if you use true Ontaio Native plants! Any sod/dirt that you dig out for the garden, may I suggest using it to create a berm to help protect your outbuilding. I, too, have neighbours that don't look after their property...they maintain the 'street view' but not their backyards! Good Luck Ann!
03 авг 24 написано членом: -Nadja-
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You've got it Nadja. All of the dug out soil from the rain gardens as well as the trenches leading to them will be used to create a berm around the outbuilding. As to planting, the raingardens will be entirely populated with natives - rudbekia, milkweed, Joe Pye weed and the like. Haven't picked out a bush yet, but that too will be native.
03 авг 24 написано членом: Annisworkingonit
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Excellant choices Ann!! May I suggest a Northern spicebush shrub...it is similar to the Forsythia, in that it blooms yellow in the Spring and foilage is a vibrant yellow in the Fall and if you’re lucky enough to get a female, you are apt to get bright red, spicy smelling fruit in late summer! I am very excited for you but I do not envy the extensive manual labour that awaits you!! Granted, it will be one helluva workout to aid weightloss and tone muscles! 😉
03 авг 24 написано членом: -Nadja-
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