I agree with Elementalgardener. I have been working with rain gardens for the past four years, and they really do work, if designed properly. Just bear in mind that if you slow water down, it will drop sediment so whatever collection device you design will eventually fill up. So better to keep soil there and instead use plant roots to slow it down and collect it, and then release it into the air. It is a great system called "evapotranspiration" and nature has been doing it without problems for millions of years. Always easier to work with nature and save yourself some time, money and energy in the long run. Let your land do what it wants to do naturally, work with it and tweak it to solve your problem. Patchwork solutions that don't do this (and there are gazillions of them out there and gazillions of people who will charge you to install them), and eventually will have to be redone, which is fine for the purveyors of these types of solutions, keeps them in business. A man made swale can be a good solution, but its not just anybody who can do it correctly. Do some research first. Here are some guidelines: 1.Start at the source (figure out where the water is coming from and where it goes after it leaves your property) 2. Integrate the solutions (realize that what your neighbors are doing is going to affect what you can do, and vice versa. Best solutions integrate the whole picture, not just what is going on in your yard) 3. Maximize permeability (the ability of the soil to absorb the water) 4. Minimize directly connected impervious areas (give the water a place to slow down in between areas where it can't infiltrate) 5. Use drainage as a design element (meaning it doesn't have to look ugly, it can look very cool! Also, you may have to implement a whole series of smaller solutions rather than just one big all-purpose one.) Sometimes these gardens are called "bioswales" meaning they utilize the shape and benefits of a swale, and then also add plants that not only look good but provide more opportunities for water infiltration, along with evapotranspiration (that's when plants release water into the air, which they all do, significantly). Research is just beginning to show how that contributes to managing water problems. Anyway, that's just the tip of the iceberg of some considerations. Good luck!! Maybe check out a raingarden forum if there is one.

Oh it's simply awful. I could care less if they feed on the grass, just PLEASE don't poop everywhere!!! And they do and my dogs love to eat the poops. Guhross. They ate half of one of my boxwood shrubs but left everything else alone. I posted about this in the pests forum if you do a search there for rabbit or for my post entitled "Wabbits" with a "W" you'll find the link to previous posts with tips.

Why did you sign anything after the fact? That they hit rock would have been their own stupidity. Now it's costing you. If they dug too deep, the damage is on them. Play hard ball. They are. The broken decking should have been realized as a likely event, IMHO, you should have seen that one coming. That they would only make you pay for the 20% of undamaged is almost reasonable except they only left 20%. They should have covered it all. You can't leave 20%. That's ridiculous. The irrigation is normally toasted during this process. These guys will not pussy foot around when digging. If there is no Due Date for the delivery of the finished pool, you have no control over when they show because you have no leverage. Like I said, play hard ball. They are. Scott

Frmrsdghtr, If you like the madras plaid, and are flexible on color, I might have two to give you. They are blue tones though. I don't need them anymore because in our new house the only twin beds we have are now in my youngest daughter's room. These were from a spare guest room. I have two twins in great condition. I don't know if Nautica sells them anymore, but when I did a google image search on Nautica madras bedding, i found someone selling them! At least this gives you some idea what it looks like. Here is a link that might be useful: Nautica madras bedding