French Drains Installed and Driveway Fixed

After the big rainstorm last week I knew I needed to figure out a solution for my driveway. I showed you all some of the pictures from the washout. My driveway is a steep, long, hard packed pain in the you know what. It's way past time to do something about it.

I'm hoping my solution is the right one. I've built 4 French Drains across the 230 foot driveway 50 feet apart starting at the top. Thankfully I had a bunch of stone delivered up near the greenhouse site about a month ago, so I've been able to use that to both fill the French Drains and to fill 3/4 of the massive ruts which I then topped off with gravel.

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After:

With this farm trusting my instincts has proven true. I have my fingers crossed this will make a huge difference. The hard work will be tested tomorrow night with Hurricane Bertha.