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New french drain question

marcia_oakland
15 years ago

Hi Everyone,

I did some browsing on this forum, but haven't seen my problem discussed. We installed a french drain a few months ago, to salvage an area of the garden that stayed so wet that a lot of the plants died. That worked fine, but now that I'm watering the garden, the pump kicks in every time and takes excess water to the street. Does this mean that I'm overwatering? I've tried watering my beds in stages (7-8 minutes a couple of hours apart rather than 15 minutes all at once), but it doesn't seem to help. Is this inevitable now that we have the french drain, or should I be doing something different? Given that we seem to be headed into a drought in California, I hate to see that water going out to the street!

Marcia

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