This past week we had lots of rain here abouts in SW Virginia. One day we had almost an inch in thirty minutes. Being a retired Army engineer I have had my share of “drainage” challenges. The most recent involved my newly enlarged garden plot. Lesson learned is that I paid too little attention to the elevation of the portion of the garden I enlarged, in relation to the old section. It was “pond city” for a time, until I went out, in the heavy rain, with rain suit and Alaska style knee rubber boots on, to dig some runoff trenches. It worked, but I have lots of clean up to do now. Should have been more attentive up front. Hopefully my garden drainage problem has been solved.
