A good yard drainage system is essential to protecting your yard and home during rainy weather. These systems don’t have to be costly or complicated, as many do-it-yourself solutions are both ...

Q: We have a lot in the Oakland hills that was chosen years ago to be the site for an open concrete drainage swale that carries the runoff from a catch basin at the end of our private lane. We share ...

Today I’m putting my modified Chinese tilt bucket to the test for the first time on my John Deere 50ZTS mini excavator. I’m digging a swale at the base of my leaking pond to divert water away from my ...