Gravel walkway in a landscaped yard - Mint Images/Getty Images Are you becoming concerned about water pooling around your property? Are you noticing puddles of rainwater in your garden, around the ...

Things with “French” in the title are usually fancy, right? Poodles, perfume, pastries. But a French drain is nothing more than a ditch in sloped ground, inset with a perforated drain pipe under a ...

Q:While raking up leaves and pulling weeds, I came across some long, concrete, half-pipe-shaped tubing that extends the length of one side of our house, the uphill side, about a foot from our ...

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French drains were a trending gardening topic last year and they'e still incredibly popular. They solve a host of common lawn drainage problems, all while hiding in plain sight under your lawn.

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