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   On 11/10/2019 9:30 AM, Pavel314 wrote:   
   > 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.   
   >   
      
   Stats in Delaware show temperature is more moderate near the coast too,   
   cooler summers and warmer winters.   
      
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