Water Feature

The city of Duluth is built on a hill overlooking Lake Superior, very similar to San Francisco's situation! 


Considering water runs down the hill, yes yes, good old gravity, most of the homes in Duluth have sump pumps in the basement to drain the ground water build up. Our house is no exception. Our problem is no longer the potential for a soggy basement, it is our muddy yard. Even worse, our ground water is creeping into the neighbors yard. How dare we! This is where we Henry and Stella take matters into their own hands/paws. We Are Good Neighbors Darn It!


A pipe runs underground from our basement to the sidewalk, creating a soggy problemo...

 Henry put together a plan and got to work...He dug up the pipe near the house...

and kept on digging. Notice Stella below checking out the drainage problem (taking an occasional drink from the puddled up water, yuck)

A tray of plants for our new drainage area...

and mulch...

Henry cut the pipe to run into our new water feature, covered with a permeable ground cover.

Here is where they left things for now. I have been giving Henry most of the credit, but it is clear who is doing most of the work...

Total bank account damage, so far, is 80.00. Not bad I say, for not wanting anything to do with digging up our own yard and tackling the 'World of Landscaping'. Way to go family!