Well, we got the French drain in. It was way more massive than we thought, took twice as much gravel, but the ground looks great and I think we’re in business to be able to absorb all of the water from our geothermal system. We also re-graded the side of our house and (hopefully) solved a drainage problem that we have where water runs down from either our roof or the neighbor’s property and settles in front of our patio.

Here are the pictures: