On 11/9/2019 8:23 AM, songbird wrote:
Frank wrote:
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I was too up until a couple of years ago. We live in a hilly area. My
lot drops about 40 feet from highest part above to lowest below. I had
to use a self propelled mower as a rider could turn over on the down
slope. Worst was back yard where neighbors on both sides do not cut but
my wife wanted ours cut. So I got a lawn crew as do half my
neighborhood. I still do leaves and clean gutters.

not much for hills here unless they are man-made.
that is true of our property too. the change in
elevation for most of it is about a foot or two but
we had to bring in some fill when building for the
septic drain field (clay doesn't drain very fast) so
that is the highest part.

we are not too far in elevation above the level of Lake
Huron/Michigan and we lose about half of the difference
within half a mile. so that means for the next 29
miles the land only drops another 15 feet.

this area used to be an inland sea/swampy area. there
is coal and salt veins under us among the glacial till.
flat and mundane agricultural area with some forest lands
that have regrown since they were initially cleared.


songbird


Most of Delaware is near sea level but in the northern part where I live
maximum elevation is about 450 ft. I think we are about 350. Not
mountainous but hilly. My two septic fields are evaporation beds as
there are probably clay layers limiting the perk. Probably a good thing
as two neighbors had to shell out $25,000 each when they sold their
houses to put in grey water treatment tanks to remove metals and
bacteria before going to their drain fields where the perk was probably
too good.

Funny in my front yard the perk must be good compared to the back
because I needed a new well dug this year and it was all porous rock.

I had a friend heavily into gardening and he said were were at about the
best climate for growing a large variety of things.