From the Living Soil

Not long after we arrived on this land, in the late winter of this year, we experienced a period of heavy rain and snowmelt, after which parts of the field flooded. We accepted the possibility that we would perhaps have to dig a series of surface ditches to prevent future flooding. We decided we’d work the land for a year before building any sort of drainage system. This morning, after another period of heavy rain and snowmelt, parts of the field were flooded again. In the spring ditches will be dug. The presence of standing water is made particularly dramatic by our partially-completed pathways, which are below-grade. They filled with water first, creating islands of soil and vegetation in newly-formed Nassichuk Lake. I’m uncharacteristically not upset about this minor setback, as it was expected, and is curable.

Tagged: Drainage