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Hello! We have purchased a house in the North West. The back garden is massively retaining water. We are talking several cm of water in places for days after it rains.

We’ve had drain people come look and they want to dig out the whole thing and connect it with a waste pipe 100m away. £3600 pounds but more importantly very disruptive to the current ecosystem we’ve got in our garden.

Is there any affective ways to help with drainage. I know there must be ways in which people worked with nature to cure this problem before escalators were invented.

Some important points: – The garden is tiered. The bottom tier is flags and stone. The top tier is dry, the middle is waterlogged grass/moss. – The soil is probably clay beneath the top layer as that’s what is most prevelant here.

I’d love to do something creative, not just to save money but to be environmentally conscious too.

This project is taking place on my grandparents’ property just outside of Hood River City Oregon. This year I will focus on the soil i.e. using wood shavings and grass clippings as mulch and propagating ground cover like clover. The area used to be a apple orchard 40 or so years ago so the soil should good for the trees I plan on planting namely apple, peach, and plum trees. What I’m asking for help with is recommendations on the under brush and other fruit trees that will do well in my area. If possible I’d prefer the plants to ether be edible or medicinal. I also have experience in growing mushrooms I am currently trying to propagate morels in a different area on the same property so if there are any fungi that would help the food forest that would be appreciated.

Hi! I’m happy for any feedback 😊

A short breakdown of the main permaculture-like mechanics/system I have:

The game has a dynamic status system for plants. That means that they do not have a simple watered/unwatered stat that you have to care about once a day per crop but they have different ideal or worse states of watering, soil and neighbourhood. One plant for example has a wider area of ideal watering meaning it likes to have wet soil while another has a very thin ideal zone meaning it is very picky and needs just the right amount of watering. 😇

Plant neighbourhood is simply calculated by all the crops around a plant in a specific radius. Each liked neighbour counts +1 and each disliked -1. If the total neighbourhood value is above 0 it is good – else the plant stops growing and demands change.

The game also has a multi-chambered composting system (you get better soil/fertilizer from higher chambers but they take longer to transform the compost input).

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I want the game to still be cute and have less negative feedback than other farming games (for example no plants can die, they just stop growing) – some more complex gardening system are therefore hard to implement 😅 But I will still appreciate any inspiration and suggestion!!! 😇

Especially pests and watering systems were named in the past – how would you add pest control without well… killing animals? 🤔

Thank you in advance for your thoughts! 🤗

PS: If you want to check out the game you can do that here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2455710/Golembert/ I appreciate every wishlist! ❤️