How do I install a catch basin? (Read description first)

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I think that with only 1" or so of standing water that a catch basin system is overkill. Other options include things such as: a French drain, create a "river basin" for that section to force water drainage, build raised beds, plant water-loving plants in that section, dig out a run-off area slope. Good luck!

Hello there,

Have you tried forking over the area to help the drainage? How about sinking a pipe into the ground, fill it with gravel. That should help.

From you picture of the standing water, I am not sure if a catch basin would be the solution for the amount of standing water. Filling in the wet area with a soil mixture that would be good for drainage rather than hold a puddle. A catch basin would be for a bigger source of run off, such as a downspout and a low area of property.

Here's a link to soil drainage:

https://greenupside.com/how-to-make-soil-drain-better-5-easy-ways/

Secondly digging a small ditch to a lower area might be helpful for that area.

Hello. I wonder if filling in the area with rocks and gravel and then backfilling with soil-putting a raised bed and would be suitable for your growing situation. Better drainage and fill is obviously needed.

Also I don’t consider topsoil a great garden soil it may be better to use something in the bagged garden soil variety.

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I would highly suggest contacting your cooperative extension. These offices are manned by volunteer master gardeners on site there waiting to answer the communities questions that know your local situation quite well.

Master gardeners are required to volunteer back designated hours ( plus continuing education) each year to maintain MG certification -this community outreach and education is their goal.

If your office is closed....there Might be alternative online venues like Ask an Expert as well as emailing your local master gardeners extension office for their

guidance.... in a non contact manner. They might know your soil conditions and weather conditions to give you the best answer. Hope this helps

Leveling the soil to ground level would help with drainage and water run off. You could also mound the soil to drain water away. Apparently it's a low spot right now. You could also dig a small trench to divert the water away.

have you tried installing a small french drain to drain the water away? another idea would be to move the garden and fill in the the low spot with gravel and dirt then using pots for your tomatoes so you don't have the flooding after it rains

Hi Mo, you want to direct the water away from your house and hopefully to the street, you can accomplish this by doing a ditch or using a half pipe angled to the drain water away,

Hope this helps you, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcqckAdTiCM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBKiowdNv_A

Those poor tomatoes! For a quick fix, I would make a narrow "ditch" with your shovel, you just need it to run downhill a bit to drain the water away

A hole filled with rocks (dry well) with a pipe running to it from the source may help remove rater. A couple of my downspouts go to dry wells.

Have you tried forking over the area to help the drainage? How about sinking a pipe into the ground, fill it with gravel. That should help.