The last storm on Saturday occurred during the daylight so we were able to walk around and identify the highest priority areas that messes up our driveway. The terrace/retaining wall we built last year helped tremendously on the west side. Even the stick barrier I created a few weeks ago made a difference. The main problem now is from the northeast corner, We started attacking it on Monday.
We identified the areas we needed to slow down the downhill flow of water and Craig found old tree trunks while I was prepping fallen branches to use in the dead hedge. The trunks were positioned using tree trunks to hold them in place. It was hard to find a trunk that would fill the gully pictured on the right below so I filled the area under the trunk with stones.
After dark Craig kept working to drag a long tree trunk into position along the fence between the Magic Forest and our property – extending the work we did in this area last fall. I am not sure how he saw what he was doing but this long trunk was in place this morning. The trunk did not fit snugly to the ground so Craig spent several hours today digging out the ground so the trunk would be a “water tight” barrier to the flow of water. We need the water to drain into a ravine that ends just upslope from to the log barrier/dead hedge I continued to work on today.
Before I do any more work on the dead hedge, we need another heavy rain so we can see how this works. We have much more work to do but I was pleasantly surprised that we got this much accomplished over 2 days.
Tamara Unleashed 