Just checked behind the barn. Still wet. Even with the work Rob and I did on the side shed and the driveway apron.
Which means, some of the water affecting the barn foundation comes from a layer of earth 10-12′ below the barn’s driveway apron. (It is a 3 story barn – 2nd story is level with the driveway.) I would need drainage tiles down there in front of the barn foundation – or more practically, inside the barn, just behind the front wall. Here’s what it looked like last winter …
