Hello, Brad.
 BC>> Part of my front lawn gets bogged down in water over
 BC>> the winter.  It seems as though there is not enough
 BC>> slope, so the water does not drain away.  The slope of
 BC>> the lawn is slightly down towards the street, and the
 BC>> part with the problem has is drainage blocked (I
 BC>> suspect) by an area of shrubs sectioned off with lawn
 BC>> edging.
 SP> cut down the shrubs... thas my adviece for u
I would have to disagree with taking out the shrubs...
(wasn't there a reason they put there in the first place?  :)
Why not dig a trench (say, 12-14" deep,)  along the lawn-side
of the shrub area that you feel is contributing to the drainage
problem... actually, it  seems, to this gardener, that the shrubs
would tend more to help drink up alot of that extra water as
opposed to adding *to* the problem! (but perhaps not...   :)  Once
you've dug the trench, line the bottom of it with pea gravel, or
whatever, and put in some flex-drain tubing, creating something
of a french-drain.  You would want to run the two ends out to areas
that would offer you the most chance of accepting the excess run-
off, or perhaps utilize a dry-well at each end.
Now, if the lawn is too *flat* &/or too compacted, that is a different
matter...  contouring may be in order, or, perhaps adding some
"Sof'n'soil" (trade name for *gypsum*)  Are you in a heavy-clay area?
cheers,
WL Sakowski
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