OVERGROWN Blackberries Caused Her Yard To FLOOD! Fixing Drainage Issue!

Today we have an absolutely interesting and unique job that I really enjoyed. This homeowner purchased this home in the winter and they were told they have a "seasonal stream" on their property. Once the rains began the "stream" felt a lot more like a lake and thats what it was starting to look like as well.
The streams original course was along a retaining wall that had also been covered up by the blackberries. With years of neglect the previous owners left the area in poor condition resulting in issues for the new homeowner. Thankfully the issue was a lot simpler than what we were expecting.
We grabbed our Stihl FS-240 and got to work brush cutting the blackberries and mulching them up. As we mulched the blackberries I would clean up a finished section so that the water could start flowing asap relieving the area. As a result we fixed the entire drainage issue and we had a very thrilled homeowner!
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Timestamps:
00:00 Overgrown Patch
00:03 Introduction To Area & Issue
00:31 Mulching Blackberries
00:52 Is it really that simple?
01:28 Problem Identified
02:01 Mulching Blackberries
02:42 How The Blackberries Did It
03:15 Raking Debris & Exposing Stream
04:08 HUGE Improvements Already!
04:24 Pushing Upstream
04:43 More Raking
05:24 More Mulching
05:42 Results Are Looking Great!
05:48 Mulching Larger Problem Area
06:26 A Closer Examination Of The Issue
07:19 Exposing More Of The Stream
08:04 Removing Debris Dams
09:17 We Formed A River?
09:23 Walkthrough From Bottom to Top
10:10 Mulching Last Section of Blackberries
10:38 Raking Out Deepest Section Of The Stream
11:39 Removing Debris and Dams Going Downstream
13:16 Huge Log Dam!
13:35 Removing Another Dam!
13:56 PROBLEM SOLVED!
14:45 Mulching Last Few Areas
15:23 Before & After Videos
15:47 Thanks For Watching!

[@adamskimarlattrm]

When we had a huge blackberry problem, my father the veterinarian, hired sheep from a farmer friend. Two sheep took out an acre of blackberries in one month and the blackberries never returned.

[@golovinpropertyservices]

Wow that sounds like a powerhouse! I've heard people use goats as well, but I haven't seen it done around here.

[@ksemery]

Sheep are less discerning than Goats. They will consume everything quite efficiently. Could probably end up looking like a groomed park.👍🏻 🐑

[@adamskimarlattrm]

That's my point

[@miryambaruch4261]

A very good idea!!

[@daveoshea2001]

That's goat 🐐 work, I run goat rental at $45 a goat

[@gailatkinson1955]

I can’t believe the previous owner let that beautiful stream get overgrown and backed up like the. It’s going to take a lot more work to get it properly cleaned; but you have made a wonderful start. Thanks.😊❤

[@golovinpropertyservices]

It sure will, but the most important thing is the water is now flowing and no longer flooding. Thanks Gail! 😁

[@hjpngmw]

WOW! I had no idea overgrown blackberry bushes could lead to flooding. Of course, it probably didn't help that the culvert pipe was a bit on the small side, but you did a massive amount of work to get that stream flowing where it was supposed to! Great job!

[@golovinpropertyservices]

I had no idea they could cause such problems either. But the most important thing here is to get that water going and the blackberries cut down. Thank you!

[@Deontjie]

Poor guy downstream busy drying his peaches.

[@jvcyt298]

This is what happens when you neglect to maintain your property.

[@williambradford1467]

Very interesting and informative. Great use of time-lapse (particularly warp-speed) in telling the story but keeping interest level high.

[@golovinpropertyservices]

Thank you for the feedback, I'm glad you liked the video!

[@mrlister2000]

You are the Post 10 of the gardening world!!

[@golovinpropertyservices]

Possibly 😅

[@ireneshafer4821]

Always like watching you do clean ups! This was a FANTASTIC JOB! Like to see more and how the owners of the flooded property feel now that tou cleaned up those nasty bushes. 👍💯😎

[@golovinpropertyservices]

Thank you Irene! She was really thrilled seeing all the water getting off the lawn. 😁👍

[@davidlittle7182]

entropy's a wonderful thing...we're all gardeners, all walks of life

[@golovinpropertyservices]

Absolutely!

[@georgestill4971]

Well Done, A lot of work, Owners must have been well pleased .👍

[@golovinpropertyservices]

Thanks George, they sure were!

[@jimkhana007]

Wow, That looks like it must have been such a satisfying days work to solve that issue and clear that all up, good job 👍

[@golovinpropertyservices]

It definitely was!

[@martinmarsola6477]

A fantastic video today, Dave. The water flow is excellent, and the outcome is exactly as In thought it would. See you on the next, Dave! ❤😊

[@golovinpropertyservices]

Thank you Martin! 😁👍

[@linato1855]

Hi David! I hope you have a part #2 & 3 to this job. 👋🏻👋🏻👋🏻

[@golovinpropertyservices]

Hi Lina, not yet, but the homeowners did mention having some more work being done here and I would really like to do some more to beautify this area.😁👍

[@michelleodwyer2271]

Amazing hard landscaping hidden under blackberry mess.

[@beverlylumley4150]

Wonderful video, Momma Nature will never lose, just be 2 steps ahead.

[@golovinpropertyservices]

It's a good thing we know the tactics of our rivals, that way it's easy to come out in victory.

[@maartendeen8404]

I'm guessing the stream is meant to hug that little wall all the way and where it ends also needs to be further away. It now found a new bed over the green grass, that can't be the original bed.

[@golovinpropertyservices]

From what I concluded is that the retaining wall was built there to be the edge of the stream and as you mentioned, they intended for the stream to hug alongside the wall.

[@ainerush8942]

Wow. Fantastic work uncovering a beautiful stream. The wildlife will love it❤

[@ronaldschnaider1605]

what a wonderful help for nature!

[@golovinpropertyservices]

It sure was! The invasive species make life hard for the natural species.

[@jmfs3497]

Satisfying, indeed! Another great thing is that while this was obviously a lot of work to fix, it will be easier to maintain next spring.

[@robertshrewsbury5067]

I remember you have a lot of courage on tough projects. The ground was running water where you started. Nice work clearing that to useful.

[@golovinpropertyservices]

I love these tougher projects, well as long as I am able to finish in one day. But the results are what really motivate me.

[@andersdottir1111]

Incredible job. The home owner should have been seeing to this as part of their regular garden maintenance. That stream will be blocked again with the next rainfall unless monitored.

[@gleff3345]

Good to see the right outfit and tools being used. Great job.

[@golovinpropertyservices]

Gotta be suited for the job. Thank you!

[@classicalmah8585]

Great job. I think for the owner keeoing 2sheep permanently is best solution going forwards...

[@golovinpropertyservices]

That could work!

[@johnlaforte700]

Great job. 😊👍👍

[@golovinpropertyservices]

Thank you John!😁👍

[@JustMeB729]

Well they got the right man for the job. David, you really have interesting videos. Keep us up on the knowledge 👍🏽

[@golovinpropertyservices]

Thanks for your feedback! I appreciate it😁👍

[@shaushen1]

Maybe one day someone can get some larger equipment to dredge it out. You did a great job.

[@golovinpropertyservices]

The stuff I raked out was actually all the way to the bottom. It as just filled with debris and a whole bunch of sediment.

[@ositagordita8550]

Great job! ✌️😊👏

[@golovinpropertyservices]

Thank you Osita! 😁👍

[@cecilgore495]

I have cleared property like this and it is hard work. your efforts are amazing.

[@jonathanvasquez283]

The squish sounds with every step lol 😂

[@golovinpropertyservices]

It’s like a sponge 😅

[@jefferymitchell9574]

Amazing difference.

[@golovinpropertyservices]

It definitely is!

[@chrissibersky4617]

Very satisfying to watch. Thanks for sharing.

[@golovinpropertyservices]

Thanks for watching Chris!

[@Erock691]

Nicely done!

[@golovinpropertyservices]

Thanks Erik!

[@yesuvive]

Great job 👏🏼

[@golovinpropertyservices]

Thank you! 😁👍

[@hamarbiljungskile8953]

Always wanted to have a creek running through my property. Can't believe someone would let it be as overgrown as this.

[@golovinpropertyservices]

I would love a creek as well. It is sad that it got to this condition, but blackberries are fairly new to our state. They started spreading crazily in the past 5 years because nobody does anything about them.

[@victorwindborg6617]

Nice work , love to see befors afters. Good to see some One that understands and know how a weed Waterloo works best . Keep em comming 😁👍👏

[@kgs2280]

All that stuff you raked up would also make a great start for a gigantic compost pile.

[@golovinpropertyservices]

I agree, some good fertilizer right there.

[@jamilahhi6199]

Hellow guis👍👍👍😀gd jobs 👍 will done

[@golovinpropertyservices]

Thank you Jamilah!

[@jorgemrivera5973]

Oh man, that area is perfect to create a Koi long pond. another stone wall and a grill drain at the end wow like the street drains in Shimabara's Japan.

[@DanielCoffey67]

Hey Post10 - you have some new competition!

[@Vistasabia]

😲 😲😲 That was completely amazing!

[@golovinpropertyservices]

Thank you! 😁👍

[@quinntoohey406]

Great work!!!

[@kittytimes6]

Great job! This looks like so much fun to me. I'd rather do that than housework anyday! Reminds me of my cousin's farm when i was little ❤️

[@kpizzlemynizzle922]

MAN DUDE!! You raked your butt off!! And got er done!!!! GOOD JOB!! In S. Louisiana my ditch is only 75/80 feet.. Raking that KICKS my butt! but it is very satisfying!!! :)

[@golovinpropertyservices]

Haha! Thanks Kurt, I'm glad you liked it :)

[@henriettadenzig3825]

Good morning everyone hope you are having a good day. Greetings from the USA. Good job

[@golovinpropertyservices]

Thank you Henrietta! I hope you are having a great day as well!

[@mrmoorey]

You are a hard worker. Very impressive result.

[@nigel1964]

Brilliant job

[@veloistist]

I love watching you and the water videos. How are the Beavers doing?

[@golovinpropertyservices]

Thanks! I think the beavers are working harder than ever right now, I will try and visit the area again soon.

[@marywalls2531]

That was a very interesting video! Awesome job! 🤗❤👍

[@Jane-dy1px]

Great job!

[@golovinpropertyservices]

Thank you Jane!

[@lindacucchiara2187]

Great job❤

[@golovinpropertyservices]

Thank you!😁👍

[@S4ccryn]

Everybody downstream next year: why are there so many blackberry bushes??

[@golovinpropertyservices]

Can’t do much about it😅

[@dmaifred]

Goats eat blackberry canes. Some areas have a goat service. They come temp fence an area and release the goats who totally clear the problem. Usually in suburbia as well. ... Now I'm in Australia not Canada (N.Van) anymore the resident roos take care of the issue. Miss the raccoons though. Loved playing and damming these streams as a kid in the 70s/80s behind our house. You would build a little dam then release it and try and break your friends small dam downstream. Good mucky fun.

[@golovinpropertyservices]

In our area I’ve seen someone offer it, but not as a professional service. It was more of a way for them to feed their goats. Sounds like a lot of fun building dams!

[@Demy26]

Great job 👍🏼

[@Neelie1947]

Amazing.

[@golovinpropertyservices]

Thanks Eileen!

[@Sir_Mike]

Nice ❤❤❤ Greetings from Germany ✌️

[@golovinpropertyservices]

Thank you! Greetings from the USA! 😁👍

[@deniseaioros4369]

Te felicito quedó muy lindo 😊

[@gigi-gb8re]

Good job!

[@bgsu5052]

Great job! Now homeowner needs to rent a bobcat with backhoe to trench it further.

[@golovinpropertyservices]

It’s a seasonal stream, trenching isn’t necessary as long as the area is clear. It shouldn’t ever get as bad as it was now that it’s clean.

[@rogerdavis5914]

A great job done sir

[@janetolp9547]

Well done!

[@golovinpropertyservices]

Thank you Janet!

[@terriebarrett6767]

My parents moved into a beautiful cottage on an army camp with a huge ,very overgrown garden . Dad borrowed a bulldozer from the camp took down the fence and cleared the lot in a couple of hours . He planted vegetables in the back garden and kept our family of 6 in fresh veg all year round.

[@golovinpropertyservices]

That’s very cool! He sounds like a very hard working man.

[@terriebarrett6767]

@@golovinpropertyservices he was. As children we were so lucky, we had the camp as our playground ,watched over by all of his colleagues . The surrounding area was all farms,so we had the opportunity to learn about the animals and how things were run on farms too. Dad remained very active into his 80's sadly he developed dementia when he was 85 and passed away at 87. He rewired the cottage shortly after his 81st birthday .

[@zeferinoarroyo7673]

Good job 👍

[@golovinpropertyservices]

Thank you Zeferino! 😁👍

[@randybedker1584]

Great job young man.

[@golovinpropertyservices]

Thank you Randy!

[@EquinoxBlk]

The upstream culvert is obviously running under something either a damn/dike, or road. So the question is this a natural stream that was diverted, or is it from agricultural runoff? You can tell by the stone bed in the "stream" that it has been running for a long time, and that old stone retaining wall was put in place to help divert the water in a specific path. Getting a small excavator in there to deepen/widen the path will ensure that the water wont get back up again as you can see that the water has diverted itself away from the wall with all of the debris.

[@golovinpropertyservices]

The issue here was that the original stream bed was overgrown and clogged. If it had been clean there wouldn’t have ever been such a build-up of water. Trenching or deepening it is unnecessary as long as it’s kept clear of debris.

[@Norcalflat]

That was damn satisfying to watch.

[@golovinpropertyservices]

As satisfying as it gets! 😁👍

[@romanstaszewski5329]

11:29 Bless You.

[@golovinpropertyservices]

Thank you!

[@maryleerogers5711]

hard work,...well done

[@Jewelberry.glamping]

WoW!!! love this video soooo much !

[@golovinpropertyservices]

Thank you! :)

[@wendymorrison5803]

I expect thatjustafew dayslater the ground was drained and firming up. Great result.

[@golovinpropertyservices]

It was actually starting to drain and firm up that very say in just a few hours. The results are fascinating!!

[@billfeldman3234]

VERY Good JOB

[@maearcher4721]

We had problems with blackberries at our garden too, although not as bad as this, it was still nightmare to tackle them down!

[@janababuljakova2534]

Ty snad umíš úplně všechno 😊👍👋👏🌿

[@golovinpropertyservices]

Snažím se, dokud neuspěji 😅

[@crestinamartinez5196]

You do all kinds of work even to find the flow of a Greek AMAZING

[@michaelcauser474]

Beautiful work Sir. Sometimes mother nature needs a little help like this to achieve her full potential. p.s. goats really love attacking blackberries also.

[@golovinpropertyservices]

Thank you! I’ve heard about it, but haven’t seen anyone in our area using them.

[@kenfox22]

As a teenager, I've always been intrigued by water 💦 flow. I almost got bit by a snake 🐍 once and it discouraged by curiosity 😅

[@elenagava4660]

weal done the cement wall in front of you is guiding the river, the more you clean next to the wall the water is going and flowing free wow you did a great job

[@golovinpropertyservices]

Thanks Elena! It seems that the stream flowed against the retaining wall up to a section, afterwards it seems that it was purposely guided to flow in the center. I think we will be visiting this project again here soon.

[@vanaals]

Curious about that stone wall along one side. And why it curves away from the yard on the down stream end. Did the owner tell you any history about it?

[@michaelodonoghue7464]

We had a watercourse at the rear of our property which we cleared, but our neighbours didn’t. Eventually The City came in and cleared everything and then put down Concrete channel. This worked Fine for many years and then The City came back and put a Concrete Lid over all of it. Then they added Soil and Plants. Today it’s a Linear Park and the watercourse is an underground Storm Water channel. And probably no one remembers the young girl who died in that watercourse, taken by a Flash Flood, back when it was just a watercourse. R.I.P. Christine.

[@golovinpropertyservices]

That’s quite the situation. It’s sad to hear the issue wasn’t addressed before the tragedy.

[@naysneedle5707]

Sad when streams are buried and forgotten. In my city there are now proposals to 'daylight' the streams that were run underground, for ecological reasons.

[@michaelodonoghue7464]

@@naysneedle5707 Many Cities have Forgotten Rivers

[@daveoshea2001]

That's goat 🐐 work. Id have 2 of my best hungry workers on in. Within a week problem solved. And hefty goat bill rental of $45 a goat

[@Redtop1965]

Quicker to get a mini digger in to clear the stream bed and surround.

[@Claudia_Koster]

Just, as soon as it is season for blackberry you can start over. It absolute feeds on co2, and that is all still there in the wall, ground and clippings.

[@golovinpropertyservices]

The homeowners will probably have us come out and do some more work to beautify the area. I would really love to clean this area up even more.

[@bitteroldman2714]

You are the blackberry king! I'd have probably ended up in trouble for being out there with my weed burner. 😉😂

[@golovinpropertyservices]

I'm just a person fighting against the invasive blackberries. Fire is a great way to cleanse things of impurities, it's just not always legal😅

[@mechanics4all405]

get them to plant food forest trees all along bank,nitrogen fixers to,great job

[@golovinpropertyservices]

They have a little orchard right next to the creek. But the blackberries were making things hard for them.

[@henrybialik8333]

You would also need to cut them back into the woods farther. Within a year or two they will be back up to the stream.

[@rudolfhild]

Starke Aktion von dir 👍

[@johnmoore8016]

Get drained, let dry out and put a match to it. From the speed of the water draining there must have been a lot of it under those vines . Looks like e lot of hard work thanks for a very good video. (Mississippi Gulf Cost, USA)

[@golovinpropertyservices]

It should make quite the fire, but we have burn bans in effect right now. Seems that the wet season has gone and summer has come very early. Thanks John!

[@watjejanssen7535]

nice job

[@golovinpropertyservices]

Thank you!

[@AIPman1]

I would totally go through there in a backhoe once the main draining has settled the ground stability.

[@samuelpaulini]

A good location for a retention reservoir - the water might get useful come summer.

[@diegojoserivera4707]

👏👏👏👏

[@golovinpropertyservices]

😁👍

[@b_lee2003]

Not going to lie, came here for the post10 vibes…

[@golovinpropertyservices]

Hope you enjoyed!

[@cecemast715]

The wall would indicate something at one time. Now a road and culvert were added

[@christopherort2889]

Cool video

[@golovinpropertyservices]

Thanks Christopher!

[@blowemall]

All that work with a weed eater…..great job young man!

[@igotmeonthis]

Are there not hornets and stuff in there

[@golovinpropertyservices]

Thankfully there aren't any this early in the year. Depending on the temperature they usually only build nests in areas like this in the end of June.

[@darlacox301]

Very nice job,can you burn all the stalks??? Looks so different ❤❤❤❤

[@golovinpropertyservices]

Thanks Darla! There are burn bans right now😁👍

[@blackcobrea32]

after cutting the bushes, how long does it take before the cut branches disappear/decompose?

[@golovinpropertyservices]

Usually several months if there is a good mixture of moisture and sunlight. Often times grass grows up and grows over the mulch and it fertilizes the soil.

[@lizardman1303]

Look d like it could have been a 2 part video

[@golovinpropertyservices]

There should hopefully be one soon!

[@denisethompson3819]

Good working fella. Council must know, hwo built the stone wall?

[@golovinpropertyservices]

The retaining wall was built by the previous owners and it was meant to guide the seasonal stream down the property.

[@deliawood1]

It looks as if there will be a dam downstream with all that vegetation flowing along there.

[@golovinpropertyservices]

There were several dams, but I cleaned up the big ones. Future rains will clear out the rest

[@judyfenske1429]

Part 2, 3, 4? How far along the sids did you go? How far up and down c creek did you go? Did you truck the debris out? How thorough were you? You wore correct clothes for water. How did you know that would be a shallow creek? Thanks for doing this kind of clean-up.

[@golovinpropertyservices]

Hopefully they will have me come back to do some more work, but it is what it is at the moment. I think I cleared a total of about 100-125feet. The creek goes down a long way. The debris were left off on the side.

[@shaushen1]

❤

[@golovinpropertyservices]

😁👍