in-ground Peppers, Flat Ground, and Standing Water

[AJ Drew]

If your ground is anything like mine, no matter how well you build the top soil it is sitting on a bed of clay.  Have seen photos of many a garden on flat earth.  I'm curious if folk have found a swamp in their garden after a hard rain.  If so, what have you done to improve the situation?

 

[moruga welder]

nope , nada , not here !

 

[b3rnd]

If someone would have that problem I would probably advise them to build some sort of drainage canal or ditch. Imagine your garden split in two, slanting from outside inward. In the middle there's a ditch through which the water flows away from the plants.
 
Pinterest ideas on the subject.

 

[floricole]

here on wet land we do a " dry well "
 

 

[AJ Drew]

here on wet land we do a " dry well "
 

 

I like it.  Kind of like a French drain for plants.

 

[Powelly]

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