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The classic old-school gardening method is use of a garden fork,
making many holes the full depth of the tines
and brushing in sharp sand to allow respite from showers.ive literally done this today. But I read somewhere that the sand doesn't actually do anything, so that saved me a kob. In my case it wasn't so much for drainage but to aerate the very compacted lawn a bit and hopefully kill off some moss and encourage some patchy bits to grow. i also raked the lot beforehand and sprinkled over compost and some patch restorer after, so we'll see how that goes
fizzy.bleach
The classic old-school gardening method is use of a garden fork,
making many holes the full depth of the tines
and brushing in sharp sand to allow respite from showers.
Google claims Ruislip had 27.9mm of rain yesterday,
everywhere nearby is going to be sodden after that.
Could relay paving stones on top of a some additional topsoil to raise them up.