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Put in a Dry Creek Bed This Week
Rented mini excavator and end-loader and 5 tons of Tennessee River Gravel and Ta-Dah! A 75 foot dry creek bed between the neighbor's and mine recently installed engineered retaining walls. Put some water down it to check the flow path and it looks good.
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02-23-2018, 06:41 PM
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how did you get those rocks to stay on their sides like that.
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02-26-2018, 03:08 AM
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Looks good....because of drainage issues...or another obstacle to keep your neighbors at bay?
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02-26-2018, 07:33 AM
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A neighbor put in a rain garden for her downspout deposits but I am not that talented.
Willow trees look good and like the wet. Not sure about shedding of organic material though. Eventually that area might get clogged up. |
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02-26-2018, 09:20 AM
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good work
I've rented a dingo and want one too, so flexible. Thing is, the bucket is so small compared to a skidsteer. If you need to fit through a gate a dingo or variant great, else get a bigger hammer. I need to do some similar work but its near a bunch of evergreens. Needles clog up everything here, not sure how to work around that with stone. You can blow out larger debris once in a while but needles... I hate needles! 
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02-26-2018, 10:22 AM
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A little update here. The neighbor decided to use the same rock to build a small dry creek that ties in to the main one. I added a drainage speed channel at the end of the driveway to help move water to the bed.
 
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