Did It Work?

After the issues we had recently with the digger and devastation, we were very interested to see what the allotment would look like after all the rain again this week.  What a surprise.  No difference at all.  It seems our allotment was mashed for no real reason and our thoughts were justified.  The flooding occurs due to surface water making its way down the hill.  It is nothing to do with the gulley or canal.  The gulley is no deeper and looks exactly the same behind the heightened bank.  We think the gap in the bank further up had previously helped to drain the surface water into the gulley and now that the digger has filled in the gap, the water has nowhere to go.  I think the flooding is worse now than it was before....



Luckily our plot is still a little higher even though it is at the bottom of the hill so the water pools just at our boundary and we suffered little damage, same as previous years.  Our onions and garlic are underwater but we knew that may happen so we werent surprised.  That corner has flooded before.



The only part of our site otherwise that has flooded is the area behind the shed and greenhouse (where the digger took out our compost heaps).  That area has never flooded before so in fact the work that was done to prevent flooding has made it worse!!!



So despite us explaining the mechanics of water movement and informing the site bods that the flooding has nothing to do with the bank heights or gulley depth, and despite a digger causing destruction and a mud pit, nothing has changed.  I feel a little smug.

Elsewhere on the site.... better off growing rice.