Todays project

larry@stinescorner · Feb 21, 2017

the neighbor down the road has a backhoe,,he called last night and said he had a day he could dig some more ditches .

you might remember he did this one on one side of the field this spring .Now we are going to put a ditch in the other corner of the field

i was pretty busy,,but he has a bin of stone in his yard,,while he went to get some,I had a chance to get some pictures for y/t

That corner of the field stays wet when it rains,this may dry up the field some and hopefully help the pond too

rick n ohio · Feb 21, 2017

looks good larry im sure it has to help
RICK

JF in MI · Feb 21, 2017

From all the previous posts about ponds vs the EPA, etc, I get the impression you will be going to prison for the rest of your life for
that.

jimg.allentown · Feb 21, 2017

The secret is that you don't go to the "authorities" for "permission" to do what needs to be done. You just do it quickly and cover it up before anybody knows what just happened.
One neighbor not too far from Larry's place asked for permission to dredge out his pond. The "powers that be" came up with more excuses than I would ever have imagined as to why he could not do it - legally, that is.

JF in MI · Feb 21, 2017

I certainly agree with your "don't ask, don't tell" assessment. That's why I would never put pictures anywhere for the world to see.

K Effective · Feb 21, 2017

That fellow does some nice digging! Bet you didn't figure on that job for the February calendar.

ed will · Feb 21, 2017

Larry, do you put straw on top of drain rock before
backfill? Ed Will Oliver B C

kruser · Feb 21, 2017

I'll be one of the first to help Larry with his "bail/bale" money!

coshoo · Feb 21, 2017

Was talking to a farmer with some low fields with ditches- and an ancient looking backhoe sitting down in the field, looked like it hadn't moved in 20 years. I asked him about it, and he smiled- "on a full moon during the summer, it comes to life, and the ditches get dug out. By morning, all the spoils have been hauled away, the backhoe is back in its place, and no one's the wiser". He said it had become impossible to get permission from the county to dig out the ditches, so they used the 2 S method- Shovel, and shut up.

JayinNY · Feb 21, 2017

Filter fabric I would think.

larry@stinescorner · Feb 22, 2017

Tiling was recommended for that field,,that is what we did,,all approved

larry@stinescorner · Feb 22, 2017

agriculturally approved.,it was okayed,,,did we do a good job?

larry@stinescorner · Feb 22, 2017

yes we used straw

larry@stinescorner · Feb 22, 2017

didnt have any fabric,but put a heavy layer of straw

larry@stinescorner · Feb 22, 2017

it was a nice day for sure

larry@stinescorner · Feb 22, 2017

The farmer wants to plant sunflowers in that field one more time ,There were so many people stopping at the road looking at them,,,I told him that my daughter will paint a sign that these seeds will be for sale by the bagful this fall,,with his phone number.He liked the idea,,he sells them by the 50 lb bagfull now and is doing ok,,but needs some more customers. It was amazing how many people stopped by the road to look at the sunflowers,,and we got thank yous from all the neghbors that walk their dogs,and ride bikes on the street. One of my daughters freinds asked permission and did a photo shoot with the flowers as a background

JF in MI · Feb 22, 2017

Looks better than good to me

Texasmark1 · Feb 22, 2017

Back in '79 septic field lateral lines here were just as this and the covering was indeed hay. Today it's plastic fabric. As one would expect, even though the hay was essentially deprived of the atmosphere, it none the less decayed and lost it's ability to keep the dirt out of the gravel. Additionally, the black plastic pipe, as it appears he is using, apparently crumbled by the weight of the fill dirt when initially installed, or it collapsed over time with the weight. Today thin wall, dedicated drain/waste, preforated PVC is the pipe used and should resist the pressure.

However, it lasted over 30 years before I started having problems requiring replacement.

David Snipes · Feb 22, 2017

How do you keep cattails out of the pond?

WellWorn · Feb 22, 2017

Larry, I'm a bit jealous. Not that we couldn't use some drain tile, but any backhoe show up here to install drain tile at this time of year, in a dry year might be hauled out in july by a winch equipped dozer.

I am perpetually amazed at how relatively dry most others fields are before they are drained to supposedly resolve a problem. I mean, where in any of those pictures are the sagging piles of gumbo dug out? Where are the belly deep ruts cut in by a backhoe if it had to make a second pass in the same track?

Anyone want to trade acres? I think we should be doing cranberries, or wild rice, rather than critters and hay.

ed will · Feb 22, 2017

Larry, do you put straw on top of drain rock before
backfill? Ed Will Oliver B C

larry@stinescorner · Feb 23, 2017

yes we did Ed

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