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Huge Water Issue in Backyard
Hi There!
We need help with ideas for a major problem in our back yard. We live in Wisconsin. Every spring and mid summer the back of our yard floods with all the rain/melting snow. Our house sits about 4 feet on a hill (which is also our septic tank) and then slopes down to a tree-line. Behind the tree line is a cornfield that also slopes towards the tree line. The trees and pretty much all of the yard up to our hill is complete water and mush.
Is there any way we can fix this problem without draining the water onto our neighbors property?
The photo attached it one we took when we first moved in 3 years ago - it seems to be getting worse every year for the past 4 years...
Water issue in your backyard
What type of soil do you have: heavy clay, humus? Do you have a hard pan several feet below your soil? A hard pan does not necessarily mean a rock layer. It could be a compacted organic soil layer. If so, consider liquid aeration. That is a combination of powerful surfactants to break water tension, allowing the water to penetrate the soil. If you have clay soils, humus in combination with surfactants will provide aggregation, allowing the soil to breath. I recommend Super Aerate, because it has the highest concentration of surfactants that I know of.