From: pintiha@jhmi.edu   
      
   On Saturday, November 9, 2019 at 2:48:27 PM UTC-5, Frank wrote:   
   > On 11/9/2019 8:23 AM, songbird wrote:   
   > > Frank wrote:   
   > > ...   
   > >> 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.   
      
   We're in Maryland about five miles in from the western shore of northern   
   Chesapeake Bay; we get a pretty good growing season here for a large variety   
   also. It's gotten cold recently but the relatively warm water in the Bay helps   
   moderate things a bit for    
   us.   
      
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