Originally Posted by BettyZ

The yard behind the garage slopes towards the garage. Next-door neighbor's backyard has standing water 3 feet past the property line.

It's been raining for four or five days here. Ground totally saturated. Last night's rain came down so hard there's an eight inch excavation at the end of the downspout extender.

All of this is clearly unacceptable. Gonna dig a trench that would have fit right in at Verdun.