As you can see from the local images from above, excessive rain fall has caused issues for both residents and farmers. We have seen nothing but rain for several months and many farmers couldn't even get out to collect last years final crops. The ground has been just too wet and many farmers got stuck in fields with their equipment.
I know I have experiences flooding on my own property, even after enlarging ponds and installing storm water management. To think that "April showers bring May flowers" is in the future, will the farmers ever get a break?
I have been living in Salisbury for 15 years now, and I do not ever remember one single year when the farmers were happy with the weather, or ever said that a particular year "was a great one!"
ReplyDeleteIt is always too hot, or too cold, or too dry, or too wet. Then, at the end of the year (and the beginning of the next) you hear them complain about everything.
So, what would make them happy?
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ReplyDeleteMine has as well. I've had it pumped 3 times since Christmas but the drainfield just back flows back in and fills up. It was working great last week when we finally had a break until this last go round. I think if we can get a couple weeks with no rain I might be ok.....I hope.
I can tell you that I have not had water in my basement since 1995 until this year. I have had three floods that the pump could not keep up with. No problem with my drain field though but I have wonderful soil with very little clay. I have talked to two plummers who are getting tons of calls for under house floodings. A friend of mine had a flood under her house and it reached the floor boards. A sump pump could not keep up fast enough.
ReplyDelete10:51am, More than likely the ground is over saturated. Pumping out the tank can give you some time till the rain soaks in, but that can backfire and give the rain water some place to go...your empty tank. If your drain field is getting clogged try rid-X, you can by it in the grocery store and quit using bleach it destroys the bacteria which breaks down the solids. If you have standing water near your drain field call Puddle Duck Irrigation, they do excellent drainage work.
ReplyDeleteYes-we have septic system issues due to the very high water table-we just had our guy pump a bunch of water out of our tank again for just under $200, and we are not able to afford any repairs right now. So we just have them pump it out every year. He could tell it was not working properly.
ReplyDeleteYour tank might be working just fine.
ReplyDeleteDon't depend on the same guy you just paid to $200.00 to tell you it's not working properly. We had ours "inspected" when we bought our home last spring. We were told ours would last us MANY years.
We too have had to pump ours out 3 times since Christmas and they charge full rate to pump RAIN WATER! That's just not right.
This time, we're just dealing with it hoping the rain stops very soon.
The weather will never suite the farmers, but it's ok millions will be given to them for the lost, damaged, or none planted crops. I am so happy for them, I hate when I see a farmer who must work, stay out of the bar, and drive the same vehicle for more than 4 years... like us layman have to do.
ReplyDeleteastonished to hear the farmer bashing here...not sure i know of anyone at all who doesn't depend on them.
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ReplyDeleteWhy do you comment on something you know nothing about? Just like the wind, you don't know where you're coming from, or where you're going. Obviously, you know nothing about farming.
2:12 pm. Another non-farmer who knows nothing about which he speaks!
ReplyDelete5:03 pm. Do you eat chicken. Or beef, or drink milk, or bread from wheat? Food products from corn or from soybeans? Best you look at the ingredients of the food in you next meal. How about the wood products from tree farms? And lots more items that you don't have a clue about. If you think farming is an easy life try volunteering to follow a farmer around for a week, if you are able.
ReplyDelete825-Kudos
ReplyDeleteI volunteered for two weeks on a farm two years ago, and I loved it!
But I am no stranger to hard work. It was the hardest physical work I have ever done but I have to say I can understand why it would be the most gratifying one. People do not realize how important our farmers are. They are really the life bread of this country.
I think America is going to get a chance to see how important our farmer is in the next few years. We are in the midst of a major shift in our country. Things always come full circle.
Kiss a farmer!