As you may recall, Craig and I built this barrier to keep water running from the adjacent pasture onto our yard and it has been quite effective for that particular spot. Later in the year we added some tree trunks along another fence line using the tractor.
With a couple of winter rain storms we had lots of downed branches, some of which were quite large. Saturday and Sunday were nice days so I undertook cleaning up the fallen tree parts. To the right of the big barrier we built last year, there is a gently slope so some water is still coming across the fence line and ending up on our driveway. There are plans for moving more tree trunks in place with the tractor. I can’t use the tractor to move tree trunks so I decided to make my own “less effective” barrier with by tree debris.
While this is obviously not water tight, I don’t think it will take a lot of encouragement to send the some of the water down the hill in the pasture rather than our yard. Craig wisely didn’t share with me exactly how ineffective he thinks this will be. I called this functional strength training on my fitness app and enjoyed the outdoors. Every little bit helps.
Tamara Unleashed 