BETSY'S ENTHUSIASM FOR COMPOSTING WAS OVERWHELMING AT MAIL CALL WHEN SHE DELIVERED MY SPECIAL CONTAINER WHICH IS GOING TO HAVE TO GO N THE PORCH -- I HOPE THE RACOONS DON'T UPSET THE DOGS AS TEHY UPSET THE FOOD CONTAINERS AT 2AM...?????
THIS BRINGS UP ANOTEHER TOPIC-- THE SEPTIC TANK ---WHEN WE DUG THE TEST HOLE BEFORE WE STARTED BUILDING. IN 1979 .. THE HEALTH PERSON CAME TO INSPED=CT IT -- AND WAS ALL EXCITED AND SAID THE SOIL WAS SO FANTASTIC THAT I COULD RUN A SMALL MOTEL HERE...WHICH IS NOW JUST ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE GOING ON.... HOWEVER;;; THERE IS A TANK -- THEN A DISTRIBUTION BOX AND LEACH FIELD- IN SPITE OF MY RELATIVE TELLING ME HOW STUPID IT WAS NOT TO HAVE THE TANK PUMPED ONCE A YEAR, IT WAS NEVER HIGH ON MY LIST- SO WHENEVER I THIUGHT ABOUT IT- WHICH WAS NOT OFTEN I WOULD GO B UY A BIG BOX OF " RIDX" FLUSH IT AND FORGET IT. FOR ANOTHER PERIOD OF TIME... ALONG ABOUT THE START OF TEH CAMERAS 2012 AND PEOPLE STARTING TO COME HERE OFTEN I GOT INSPIRED TO HAVE IT PUMPED
THE MAN WHO PUMPED IT ( IN HIS SPOTLESSLY CLEAN STAINLESS STEEL TRUCK,) SAID AFTERWARDS " YOURS IS IN FANTASTIC SHAPE WHEN DID YOU HAVE IT PUMPED LAST.?" HE COULD NOT BELIEVE I SAID "WE PUT IT IN IN 1979 AND YOU ARE THE FIRST ONE TO PUMP IT" IF MY MATH IS CORRECT--- THAT IS 33 YEARS... ?? OF RIDX?
( THIS IS CONNECTING TO COMPOSTING.... REALLY....) THIS GUY WITH HIS STAINLESS TRUCK IS AS MUCH AN EXPERT ON SEPTIC AS ANYONE WENT ON TO ASK HOW MANY PEOPLE LIVED HERE... ETC.... ( BETWEEN 1 AND 13 DEPENDING ON T4H GUESTS OF CAMERA PEOPLE ) AND ONE THING HE ASKED ABOUT WAS TEH GARBAGE DISPOSAL-- YES WE USED ONE BUT ALOT OF OUR "FOOD WASTE" WENT TO OUR CHICKENS. HE DECIDED I HAD TEH PERFECT FORMULA OF PEOPLE, CHICKENS AND RIDX-
TO HAVE A SEPTIC SYSTEM NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY IS NOT JUST A PHYSICAL MESS- BUT INVARIABLY MEANS THE BUILDING AND HEQLTH INSPECTORS WILL MOVE IN WITH YOU -- IT CAN GET SOOOOO BAD THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE TO MOVE-- OR DIG OUT AND TRUCK IN BETTER DIRT
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TEH RISING OF TEH WATERS... LIKE OUR BEAVERS WHO ARE CREATING A BIG LAKE IN TEH "A" FIELD...-- OUR HOUSE ETC IS WAY ABOVE THE PROBLE3M.. BUT THE NEIGHBORS HAVE HAD A FLOOD... ONCE... AND I AM TOLD BY A COMPANY CALLED /"BEAVER DECIEVERS" THAT YOU CAN KILL OFF THE BEAVERS ONCE BUT IF THEY COME BACK, THEN THEY RULE. I DON'T MEAN TO WISH THEM ILL... THEY ARE ONE SET OF NEIGHBORS THAT NEVER COMPLAIN... HOWEVER-- THAT HOUSE WOULD MAKE A PERFECT PUPPY RAISING KENNEL; WE COULD REDO THE SEPTIC BIT ON WHAT IS NOW MY LAND.
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OR... JANINE ONCE OWNED A HOUSE WHERE THE SEPTIC AND LEACH WAS UPHILL FROM THE HOUSE.. AND PUMPED.... PERSONALLY , I COULD NEVER LIVE IN A HOUSE LIKE THAT-- TALK ABOUT "HEAVY HEAVY HANGS OVER THY HEAD" . JUST WAITING FOR TEH ELECTRICITY TO FAIL.... NOT ME... I BELIEVE IN GRAVITY !!
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AND THEN THERE IS DIRT, AND THE TRUCKLOADS THEREOF...
I ONLY KNOW A FEW FACTS....
1. THE GUY WHO BULLDOZED THIS PROPERTY WHEN WE BUILT..1979 .. SAID HE WOULD TOTALLY BUILD OUR HOUSE IF WE ALLOWD HIM TO MAKE THE PROPERTY A FLAT FIELD COVERED IN TOPSOIL AND GRASS. HE WAS IN TEH BUSINESS OF REPLACONG FAILED SEPTIC SYSTEMS AND NEEDED THE DIRT/ SOIL.
2. A FRIEND NAMELSESS -- HAD A BROTHER WHO OWNED A HILL- AND DECIDED TO MAKE A FLAT RIDING RING OUT OF IT... WHIC MEANT "GET RID OF ALL THAT HILL... BY THE TRUCKLOAD.... SOMEHOW THE HILL IS GONE AND THERE IS NO RIDING RING.
3. THE TOWN OF SAUGUS MASS. IS/ WAS SOLID ROCK HILLS ... WHICH ALMOST BY TH DAY IS BECOMING A FLAT WITH A FEW ODD ROCK CLIFFS WITH THE MARKS PIPE S MAKE WHEN YOU DYNOMITE
4. TEH CITY GUY OFFERING TEH FARMER $10,000 FOR HIS COW PASTURE., AND THE FARMER SAYING " YOU COME ROUND WITH A WHEELBARROW AND I WILL GET YOU $10,000 WORTH."
