A ditch filled in

Today Janet and I filled in the ditch I showed days ago. At first I attempted to fill in a 2 inch layer of gravel and then dirt, but since the gravel was $3.40 per .5 cubic foot, I decided against it. Instead we collected about 30 buckets of broken up asphalt that makes up our ugly driveway, poured it into the trench to make a place for the water to run along the corrugated plastic pipe under the dirt without eroding it. It was successful. I think. I had started doing it a week ago, but a rain storm washed it away. I feel better about our chances this time.

The trenched area makes up the far border where our garden was to be. But it got me thinking: if a gardener digs just a foot down into the soil along that trench line, he will be assailed by angry asphalt and water muck. That can't be right, I think. So, I have decided to move the fence I will build about 10 feet over so that it will flow alongside the water trench, providing undigable area. This is exciting! Now, since the fence will border the ever flowing underground wellspring, we can now build up a dam where the spring flows into the creek bordering our property, making a small pond for exciting ducks and water foul! Sadly, it may prevent us from building a hang out spot where our nice tree is. Shameful!