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what can i put in my soon to be garden to help with drainage?


   
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I live in South Carolina and have the “wonderful” southern clay in my garden. What can I put in there to help water drain? We had a storm today and there is literately about 4 inches of standing water in there right now. It’s going to be a vegetable garden, so it can’t be anything that will hurt the food. I’m also going to have roses on one side, so it can’t hurt those either. Thanks.
2 Responses to “what can i put in my soon to be garden to help with drainage?”
  1. jean Said:

    sounds like you might need a french drain, just google and find someone in your area that can do this or check out your home depots and ask

  2. ReDesign Said:

    When we needed better garden drainage, we put nice gravel rocks underneath the soil. This makes a barrier between the soil your plants will live in and the earth underneath. It worked for us by giving the water a place to go and drain quicker. Hope this helps. Oh… and it won’t hurt anything…


  

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