Hey All,
Im new to the site, moving from a suburban area and building a Farmette (10 Acre or so property).
About half of the acreage is nice and dry however the other half is pretty swampy several feet deep in areas that I’ve been so far.
I will attach a couple pictures but basically there’s a creek that runs through the back of my property. I’m wanting to be able to get this land dried out to be able to utilize it, so I know I’ll need to clear trees and what not.
I’ve been thinking about running a trench on the side of my property all the way to the creek (couple hundred feet), French drain, or bring in fill dirt to compact and grade it to naturally drain towards the creek.
I’m sure I’m not the first person to try this and would appreciate any insight or recommendations.
The land will be used for livestock pastures.
Im new to the site, moving from a suburban area and building a Farmette (10 Acre or so property).
About half of the acreage is nice and dry however the other half is pretty swampy several feet deep in areas that I’ve been so far.
I will attach a couple pictures but basically there’s a creek that runs through the back of my property. I’m wanting to be able to get this land dried out to be able to utilize it, so I know I’ll need to clear trees and what not.
I’ve been thinking about running a trench on the side of my property all the way to the creek (couple hundred feet), French drain, or bring in fill dirt to compact and grade it to naturally drain towards the creek.
I’m sure I’m not the first person to try this and would appreciate any insight or recommendations.
The land will be used for livestock pastures.