RE: Flood Control To Major Tom
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"Last year I ditched the yard..."
Berms and ditches, French drains and culverts. My experience suggests to avoid subsurface development because it's more complex and expensive to install and maintain, while also being less able to be maintained, as well as less likely, because out of sight out of mind.
Perhaps ditching the yard in another sense is potentially more rewarding, as in utilize the yard for something besides mowing practice and lawnmower testing, that can divert or capture floodwaters better than a field of grass.
Without familiarity with your place, desires, or circumstances, it's difficult to be more specific. Having been flooded I am deeply empathetic.
Those are great pictures. The choice of monochrome really emphasizes the textural qualities of the water, contrasting it with the skeletal forms of the trash receptacle and the benches that proclaim the ability of water to smother and bury everything. The trees rise straight out of liquid, as if they were severed from the Earth. Their branches seem to blend with the structure of the bridge, well placed at just the right height. The linear element of the bridge mirrors the level waters, giving the whole scene a sense of ordination, beyond the understanding and control of mere mortals. As above, so below. The last pic is haunting.
Thanks!
Seems we've had similar experiences with the subsurface stuff, I want nothing to do with it if I can help it. My hope is to find something that is fairly minimal and natural while still being effective. So far I'm leaning towards a dry creek and a rain garden but I was curious to see how others dealt with this sort of thing.
Ditching the yard is exactly what we're working towards :) Each year there's less and less grass but the house sits partway down a hill so runoff from the neighbors will still be a problem even once the grass is gone.
No sweat, I wasn't expecting specifics, for similar reasons. Just hoping to learn something and maybe spark ideas.
Thank you. It was rather surreal being down there, a reminder of how subject to conditions our existence really is.
Thanks for dropping by!