This is baptisia alba or white wild indigo, one of the plants that we will be planting this fall.
Friday, June 8, 2012
What would you like to know more about?
There are so many things about this project that I would love to share with you! What would you like to know more about? The physical layout of the garden? More information on how the water will be routed from the backyard? A list of the plants that we will be planting? Write your questions as comments on this post and I will answer them (as long as they are reasonable and relevant). It's that simple.
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So what motivated you to build the rain garden in the first place? By the way, you inspired me to cronicle some of my adventures in managing the water on my property.
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Good Question! I will most definitely write one or more posts on this topic soon, but the short answer is that our initial, primary, motivator was flooding in our back yard that ends up seeping into our basement. Additionally, a previous owner had installed "french tile" drainage that takes the water from the far back corner of our back yard and channels it into our sump well. During a rainstorm, water comes into the sump well fast and furious and is pumped by an industrial power sump pump into the storm sewer. We have a battery backup pump, but it is not as powerful as the main pump, and, of course, a battery will only last so long. During a flood that occurred in October 2001, when I was out of town on business, my husband and daughter had to contend with waist-high water in the basement due to a failed sump pump. It was quite a mess to clean up and the furnace had to be replaced as a result. Once we have the rain garden established we will not only be routing the water from the downspouts into the rain garden, we will routing the water from that "french tile" drain into the rain garden, as well. This will be good for us but it will also be good for our neighbors because there will be less water going into the storm sewer and, therefore, less strain on the system!
DeleteOh, and by the way, I'm glad we inspired you to start a blog about the flooding. I look forward to reading your posts!
DeleteCorrection - Dave told me that the water pumped from the sump well goes into the municipal waste water sewer system, not the storm sewer system.
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