As the water in the holes, prepared for planting our orchard of pecan trees, continued to rise, it became apparent we would have to take some drastic action to start draining the land.
With some mechanized help, which we had used to dig the holes we were able to also dig some test trenches to see what would be the most effective dewatering strategy.
A trench about a meter deep cutting across the contours proved most effective.
Much deeper and the sides would collapse and block the water from flowing freely.
The trenches were terminated before the end of the land in order to provide space for the water to for a mini-delta and slow the flow so that it would drop any soil it was carrying.
This prevented any major loss of valuable top soil and also filled in a depression in the bottom corner of the lands.
