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Things with “French” in the title are usually fancy, right? Poodles, perfume, pastries. But a French drain is nothing more than a ditch in sloped ground, inset with a perforated drain pipe under a ...

When a lawn gets very wet on rainy days or during a snow melt in early spring, you need to use the same engineering technology used for years to collect rainwater from roofs -- a gutter and downspout ...

When water starts pooling in places around your home or garden, installing a French drain is one solution that could help. The good news is it's also a task that most homeowners are capable of doing, ...