Berm Compaction and Watering Requirements

i'm not sure why there's this gap here because the water's not really pitching this way the whole yard is kind of heading we got it heading that way because there's three storm drains right there and here's our little last one right here and now with these berms obviously they're going to be planted up and all that so you don't really want to pack the berm if you get that all that soil all real packed up real good and tight my plants can have a hard time pushing roots through it they'll just grow kind of in a circle in the hole that they were planted in and not really spread out and what can happen is they they essentially end up choking themselves that's why we weren't packing them or nothing like that because they're going to get all planted up so you have to take into consideration whether you want to compact your berm or leave it loose it depends on how you plan on planting it but another thing to make sure you're aware of is that berms are a lot drier than flat level ground or a divot in the ground what i mean is the water is going to run down and away from all of the plants on your berms faster than anywhere else and that means that your berms are going to require more water more often to keep those same plants alive and thriving that if they were put on flat ground or if they were put at the bottom of a divot would require so make sure that the and you need to understand that the higher your berm the more water you're going to require but they can also get wind burnt so i've seen berms put along the edge of a property line as a wind blockade well those plants and trees that are up there are taking the brunt of the abuse before that wind hits your structure and rightfully so that's why you you did it so you've got to take all of these things into consideration when you're designing your berm the height of the berm the type of materials the type of plants and the amount of water so that when you put your berm in place and you put all your plants in place they have the highest rate of success here's what we came up with um if you'll remember we we had to come up with something where we missed the posts and the footings before we found out that they were like that uh so we got a chunk of two by ten treated in there um i got a couple of brackets down the back holding it up onto the foundation and got a whole bunch of the silicone sealant in there to keep stuff from falling out of there and all that fun stuff and then i think the homeowner's gonna get…