Q. Recently, my neighbor made a swale through his land to gather rainwater or melting snow from his land. The water used to spread out and some of it would go in other directions, but now, the swale ...

Water should nourish plants, not drown them. When soil holds too much moisture, roots struggle to breathe and slowly decline.

A lack of fairway slope, soils that drain slowly, and pond levels that are only 6 inches below the playing surface created significant drainage issues on the fourth fairway at Idle Hour Country Club.