Standing water and poor drainage in your yard can cause several serious problems, including:

• Attracting and increasing mosquitoes in your yard.
  
• Causing fungus and other diseases in your lawn and gardens.
  
• Allows water to seep into your basement or crawlspace.
  

To fix drainage problems in your yard:

• Fill in any low spots in your yard with Bumper Crop.
  
• Slope the ground next to the foundation away from your house.
  
• Make sure planting bed borders aren’t preventing water from draining away from your foundation.
  

Now, the solution is simply to spread dirt around the perimeter of your house and grade it, so that it encourages the water to move immediately away from the house. Also, make sure your landscaping is not acting as a dam to prevent that water from flowing away.