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Backyard: Drain Clogged

The backyard drain is clogged.

It starts subtly. After a spring rain, you notice a puddle lingering a little too long near the patio. A day later, that puddle has turned into a murky pond, and the grass around it has begun to squish underfoot with a sickening, wet-carpet sound. backyard drain clogged

It isn't until you get on your knees, roll up your sleeve, and plunge your bare hand into the cold, silty darkness that you find it: a Gordian knot of roots and decomposing oak leaves, sealed with a plug of clay the consistency of pottery. You pull it out like an organ, a dark, dripping mass, and toss it onto the lawn. The backyard drain is clogged