Preventing Erosion: Proper drainage helps prevent soil erosion by controlling the flow of water. Erosion can lead to the loss of topsoil and damage to your landscape features.

Joellen Dimond discusses planning a landscape, and Carol Reese talks about problems plants. This week on The Family Plot: Gardening in the Mid-South, University of Memphis Director of Landscape ...

Lawrence Gilliland excavated the channel along ditch No. 34 Friday near Painton, Mo. More than 1,000 miles of ditches make up the Little River Drainage District, which extends from Cape Girardeau ...

Finally, the last common mistake people make when using gravel in landscaping is forgetting to maintain their gravel landscape over time. Gravel can be relatively low-maintenance compared to other ...

The drainage district was formed in 2003 and started work on clearing the county's three main drainage ditches -- the North Cut, Blue and St. John's ditches -- last year.