Signs Your Yard Needs Better Drainage Before Winter
Learn the warning signs of poor yard drainage before winter, including standing water, washout, and damp basement walls.

Learn the warning signs of poor yard drainage before winter, including standing water, washout, and damp basement walls.

Learn why water pools in Michigan yards after fall rain and how grading, clay soil, compaction, downspouts and drainage affect the solution.

Identify fall drainage warning signs before winter weather turns standing water, erosion and saturated soil into larger landscape problems.

Use this complete Michigan fall landscaping checklist to prepare your lawn, beds, trees, irrigation, and hardscape for winter.

A beautiful landscape needs more than plants, mulch, grass, and patios. It also needs proper grading. Grading affects how water moves across your property, and that can have a major impact on the health and longevity of your landscaping. When grading is done correctly, water drains away from the home, lawn, patios, and landscape beds….