Surviving the First Rain Storm – Gardening Part 5

Oh the rain! See where it falls off the roof?

a pool for the Lantanas

The front lines the porch and is situated right under the roof overhang, which is normally fine. It might have still been a good idea to get in touch with a company similar to this roofing marietta ga one, to find out if there’s any solution to drive the rainwater away on the roof to a different place. But, like I said, it usually turns out fine. Until it does its heavy rain. Luckily, it’s not very often. So, the roses should be fine. The problem we have, though, is erosion. We are trying everything to keep the soil in place. When we first moved in, we watched as the mulch floated away and washed down the storm drain–hence the reason why I am reluctant to buy more mulch and I want stone in its place! But that’s another project and more back-breaking work altogether.

The veggie garden, worst side of the house, ZERO drainage

Back patio poor drainage

The front porch area is not as bad as the back patio area. Because the front is on a hill, it drains to the sidewalk. However, the poor Lantanas were swimming. 🙂 The erosion on the two roses at the stairs to the front porch will have to be taken care of. We plan on getting some concrete edging just to keep the soil from running away. Hope that will help (and look nice). The side of the house with the small veggie garden is our worst enemy. Even in the drought of summer that side remains squishy. We have moss growing over there. At least most of them are in raised beds, and the cabbage has a substantial amount of gravel in the hole we buried it in. We know we have good drainage in the back, because it dried up rather quickly. It is the erosion we are most concerned about. None of the houses around here come with gutters. We will have to look into that option later. I’ve heard of many gutter guards atlanta companies so I’m sure I can find similar professionals around here too. But for now, I’d really like to get some diverters at the very least. But diverting the water…where? No matter where we divert it to, it will cause erosion.

Front porch erosion. After the storm.	Front porch erosion. After the storm.
Back Patio, after the storm. Water is gone, proves good drainage.

At least they survived the rain storm. And we got a double rainbow at the end! To thank my husband for all his efforts, I bought him a new BBQ grill. We’ve been without it for years now. With the new house, new neighborhood, and everyone else having a BBQ grill, we’ve been wanting one since we moved here. Finally, we got one. And had hamburgers for dinner that night. 🙂

After the storm! Double Rainbow Happiness!

Hubs' present for helping!