On Tuesday, December 19, 2023 at 12:11:10 PM UTC-6, Justisaur wrote:
> On 12/19/2023 6:32 AM, Richard Silk wrote:
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> > Did you ever figure out what this dream was about? (Sounds like a relationship issue.)
> >
> As the person who responded to me said, I had a problem with my back
> yard. Mainly being a large muddy mess of weeds that went uphill and
> drained onto my back porch. That's 2 moves ago, and best forgotten.
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> I've got plenty of problems with the current house and yard... which
> also seems to drain onto the back porch to some extent, but at least
> it's not muddy.
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Hmmm... there's a bit to be said there regarding "Feng Shui" (
wikipedia.org/wiki/Feng_shui) (AKA "Chinese geomancy") that explains topography as a matter of *energy flow,* and whether someone ways "that's a load of hooey" or "that's really helped!" the fact remains, that water always follows the path of least resistance, and always rests at the lowest point.
My mom and dad lived on a [soggy lot] (prone to standing water at times of heavy rains) back when I was born, and when a mouse fell out of a cereal box my mother had just taken out of the cabinet, that was *it*. They moved to where I've lived ever since (except for my "prodigal years") and it sits on a lot that is *2nd* highest on this side of the street.
So water flows from the middle of the the neighborhood (*nearly* like an oval, like a race horse track, *right close to* 1 mile in circumference) just like from the top of a turtle shell. The water from the middle of the 'hood flows into the street, and the gutters carry that down-slope.
The water from the neighbor's lot (to the south of this lot) flows across our yard, sure, yet out lot continues flowing down-slope to the north as well as eastward (street-side) and down-slope of the back yard (out to the school's field.) That is to say, the flow of water (Feng Shui, as well) results in the condition of "my cup runneth over" (yet no "flooding" / standing water. The garage is a newer, separate issue.)
OK, here's the suggestion: plant two willow trees (one at each corner of the back porch) and those two "nature's sponges" will *sop up* **any** water that accumulates near the porch.