Hi all, I am looking for the advice of hopefully a lawn care person who might be able to suggest a solution to my issue. Obviously all advice from everyone is also welcomed!
My situation is as follows:
My backyard is separated by a fence to the neighbors backyard. Their land appears to be higher up than mine and is sloped towards the fence (sloped towards my backyard), resulting in my land next to fence being moss and not being able to grow grass from the excess moisture. My land has also appeared to have lowered in the wet area. So right now, my land slopes towards his land and his slopes towards mine but his land is quite a bit higher. If I go ahead and heighten my side near the fence with earth and grass, i would essentially slope my land from being highest at the fence sloping towards my own house instead of the opposite. Is there a solution that will prevent me from having me to significantly increase the height of my lawn to prevent moss from the runoff from his yard? Not sure if any trees or plants (shrubs) exist that are able to use up the excess moisture, maybe growing them along the fence could be a solution? I wouldn't mind planting some shrubs along the fence line for privacy so wondering if any types of shrubs would be a good fit. If not, any other suggestions on what you would try if you had this issue? Ideally I would like to heighten that area a bit and grow grass but it likely wont change anything unless I can create a channel sloped to the street, somehow slope it so when the water comes past his fence it ends up in a channel and is directed downwards to the street. Just looking for options and advice. Thanks in advance!
My situation is as follows:
My backyard is separated by a fence to the neighbors backyard. Their land appears to be higher up than mine and is sloped towards the fence (sloped towards my backyard), resulting in my land next to fence being moss and not being able to grow grass from the excess moisture. My land has also appeared to have lowered in the wet area. So right now, my land slopes towards his land and his slopes towards mine but his land is quite a bit higher. If I go ahead and heighten my side near the fence with earth and grass, i would essentially slope my land from being highest at the fence sloping towards my own house instead of the opposite. Is there a solution that will prevent me from having me to significantly increase the height of my lawn to prevent moss from the runoff from his yard? Not sure if any trees or plants (shrubs) exist that are able to use up the excess moisture, maybe growing them along the fence could be a solution? I wouldn't mind planting some shrubs along the fence line for privacy so wondering if any types of shrubs would be a good fit. If not, any other suggestions on what you would try if you had this issue? Ideally I would like to heighten that area a bit and grow grass but it likely wont change anything unless I can create a channel sloped to the street, somehow slope it so when the water comes past his fence it ends up in a channel and is directed downwards to the street. Just looking for options and advice. Thanks in advance!
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