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Help, please! We will be spending the weekend (or more likely, the next month, heh) putting together a swingset/play yard in our back yard. The area

Posted by kelly Feb 10 '17, 08:24

we are putting it in tends to get super super soggy when it rains, so we're concerned about the set sinking/tipping etc. What can we do to help prevent this? Would putting down pea gravel, etc. help this, or will the ground still get soggy?

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Try cement blocks like used for decks -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 10, 13:43
Serious answer: Plant a river birch. - TWuG Feb 10, 08:34 1
- cool. I think we have one of those in our front yard. might do that -- nm - oblique, SuperFeud Champion Feb 10, 08:39
Sand -- nm - budice Feb 10, 08:27
Could you excavate, put down gravel, put down a water barrier, and then put mulch on it? -- (edited) - Beryllium Feb 10, 08:26
dig a hole about 4 feet deep and fill it with concrete -- nm - decline Feb 10, 08:25 1
- this -- nm - groiny Feb 10, 08:27
drain the swamp? - oblique, SuperFeud Champion Feb 10, 08:25 5
- This is unfortunately going in the low area of the yard. This yard is very uneven, we really need to do work on it this spring. -- nm - kelly Feb 10, 08:26 4
  - You could look into either a french drain or dry well -- nm - decline Feb 10, 08:28 2
    - is it french because it makes the water run away? -- nm - oblique, SuperFeud Champion Feb 10, 08:29 1
      - exactly! -- nm - decline Feb 10, 08:30
  - I hate yard stuff. We need to do something too as ours is mostly swamp most of the year. I have no idea where to start -- nm - oblique, SuperFeud Champion Feb 10, 08:27

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Help, please! We will be spending the weekend (or more likely, the next month, heh) putting together a swingset/play yard in our back yard. The area

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