If I could flip a table, I would. Just as I thought the drainage problem had been solved, it is back to mock my efforts.
It rained on Wednesday, and the cucumber patch flooded. I think it's due to the trickle from the drainage pipe in the retaining wall. I let the water dry till the next day, then started digging, hoping to sink a French Drain down the centre of the pathway. To my horror, water came seeping in from the sides the moment I got to about 1' of soil. Nothing much can be done here except to wait for it to dry and pray hard it doesn't rain until I finish the drain.
Hopefully I can start digging today. I suspect I may have to do something to tease the water flow from the drainage pipes away from the vegetable garden. Perhaps a sloping French drain towards the concrete drain on the other side might work... we'll see.
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