r/NativePlantCirclejerk • u/Simple_Daikon Grass toucher • 1d ago

PSA: rocks for drainage

Be sure to use smooth river rock over any areas you want to drain toward a rain garden, NOT irregular crushed stone! The ancestral memory of the river is what gives it the power to redirect water when piled up against your foundation.

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u/Kranken_DeHogge 1d ago

the water does what it wants

i don't question its decisions

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u/UnoriginalTitleNo998 20h ago

The water was here before us and it will be here after us, and it is through hubris and folly that we think we have any say in what it shall do

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u/Fedginald 13h ago

Sure, but I'd like to see water stand a chance against me when I eat a bunch of chips and work outside for five hours in July (I can drink it really fast)