bayside_tigers OP t1_j1mw12m wrote on December 25, 2022 at 6:41 PM

Reply to comment by seg321 in How to fix negative grading in plant bed in between house & front yard? by bayside_tigers

Thanks - yes, the downspouts clear the plant bed and funnel water to the part of the yard that slopes away. Would I need to build up the level of the entire plant bed to be higher than the highest point in the yard? Or just enough to get the grade in the plant bed itself to slope away?

MobileAccount7337 t1_j1o84nr wrote on December 26, 2022 at 1:13 AM

Put a stake with a string at the desired height away from the house. Now run that string to the negative grade, same distance from the top of the stake to the bottom. Now you know how much it needs to raise to counteract the negative slope.