April Showers

I can't believe it has been almost 3 weeks since I have posted to my blog. Spring has arrived and I have been busy at the nursery and in my own landscape. About a week ago we had a downpour that flooded our streets and yards. You can see from the photo it appears I have a lake in my backyard. I may have to work on some system to move the water out of the landscape. I have been researching rain barrels, rain gardens, dry wells, and a dry rock bed to move and hold the water when we have these downpours. Everyone says we don't have these large fast rains often, but heavy rains in a short period of time are becoming a common occurrence and it wrecks havoc on the yard and landscape when they come. Suggestions anyone?