tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6475733441308783470.post-74681564552379813962007-11-16T09:09:00.000-08:002007-11-16T09:12:47.092-08:00<strong>March 25, 2007</strong><br /><br />This spring we’ve been blessed with some much needed moisture. After dealing with the last two years of drought conditions it’s nice to have the rain. Unfortunately the rain has shown that we still have serious drainage issues in the ravine. Our little stream has became a deep swamp because its unable to run through the States drain. It’s a very dinky drain in a bad location. Every year the State does come down with big machines to scrape the mud off? A shovel does the same thing but neither are a lasting solution.<br /><br />Cliff dug an area for the water to drain & then cleared the top of the drain last year.<br /><br /><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_O8niJBJuc2U/Rz3PUQbLMMI/AAAAAAAAAGM/9tLK6NVW8AU/s1600-h/drain_thumbnail.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_O8niJBJuc2U/Rz3PUQbLMMI/AAAAAAAAAGM/9tLK6NVW8AU/s200/drain_thumbnail.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5133487097185513666" /></a><br /><br />Now it looks like this:<br /><br /><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_O8niJBJuc2U/Rz3PdQbLMNI/AAAAAAAAAGU/tzRVGrtOkqk/s1600-h/swamp1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_O8niJBJuc2U/Rz3PdQbLMNI/AAAAAAAAAGU/tzRVGrtOkqk/s200/swamp1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5133487251804336338" /></a><br /><br />It’s over 5 feet deep and 20 feet wide.<br /><br />More pictures can be seen <a href="http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/album/558332723jpbYuG">here</a>.Arikbonoreply@blogger.com