Newly landscaped garden is waterlogged

 
I had my garden landscaped this summer and since September areas of my
lawn are
constantly wet which is a real problem when cutting it. I
asked the gardener did
it need draining before he turned a sod and he
said "no". He did all of the work
himself and therefore would have
known full well what type of soil it was but
still did not mention the
need to drain it. I've mentioned the waterlogging and
he admitted that
the soil is very heavy and therefore has poor drainage.Am I
correct in
asserting that the gardener was at fault here for not draining it in
the first place? Should he be responsible for putting it right?

I don't fancy the prospect of having the lawn dug up again to drain it.
I read
recently that using a hollow-tine aerator to extract soil plugs
and then
top-dressing with a sandy mixture is useful for improving
moisture penetration
in waterlogged gardens. Has anyone used this
method? Can anyone suggest any
other way of improving the drainage
properties of the soil?




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Glen

 

1) How do you expect him to drain your lawn?
2) DO NOT aerate a wet lawn, unless you dont value your lawn!
3) DO NOT aerate new sod, unless you want to roll it all up!

 
Mike Wrote:

I don't know - that's why I posted this!




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Glen

 
Mike Wrote:

Hi i would advise that Hollow Coring the Lawn is your best bet if the
lawn has
rooted and is fixed in position to start with getting as deep
as you can 5 to 6
inches if Pos then look at putting a 70/30 Sand soil
mix Top Dressing into the
Holes do this when dry, You can do this 2 to
3 times over the winter and early
spring.
If this does not help then you will have to lift the lawn put in drains
every 3
meters then mix the heavy top soil with a quality sand
rotavating it well in
then re turf.
Charles White
www.everythingforthegarden.co.uk




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Charles White

 Charles White said:


Why suggest sand? Depending on the *type* of soil (note that "heavy" is not
a *type* of soil), adding sand to it could wind up causing clumps damn-near
as hard as concrete. Sand really does little to "lighten" a soil mixture
when compared to, say, screened compost. Adding organic matter will do the
soil much more good than adding sand.

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