If you've lived in Dallas long enough, you know the drill. The sky stays dry for weeks, then out of nowhere a storm rolls through and dumps an inch of rain in under an hour. Your yard doesn't really have a chance against that kind of weather, especially with the clay-heavy soil most of us are stuck with around here. Water just sits. It pools by the back door, soaks into flower beds that took months to establish, and sometimes creeps a little too close to the foundation for comfort. If that sounds familiar, you're not imagining things, and you're definitely not the only one dealing with it. The team at Green Forest Sprinklers sees this exact problem on properties all over the metro area, and there's usually a straightforward fix once you know what's actually causing it.
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