sir willymac! "still busy here" you mean on projects around the home? you don't have to worry about not getting things done before winter though, right?
Because winter would be even better to work outside I would think.
so Bella has gotten very attached to you guys and won't even go far outside unless you are close by, I guess I don't blame her!
No winter worries, just a lot to be done. Having lost several large trees through storm damage and three more to control root growth into the septic system, I have quite a lot of prep work to make the ground usable and enlarge the garden area. I also suffer from the self-diagnosed "Indoor Guilt", where being indoors means I'm not getting anything done. I gotta work on that!
Yep, both new dogs are pretty attached to us and assume we are their protectors, I think. I think having personal freedom is a new thing for them and they are learning something new here in their middle age.
howdy there willymac! well sir, what a blessing you guys are to those dogs. what can be done about roots growing into the septic system?
Well, with the trees gone, the roots will stop growing, Having the lines cleared of roots took care of the current problem and led to the trees' demise. Hopefully, that problem was solved! It's surprising how far a tree root will go once it senses moisture!
The plus is that now I can enlarge the garden space just a tad. More on the to-do list.
oh yes ..the ever expanding to do list! haha! did you have a choice with the trees or did they die when you cut roots? how far away from the septic were they?
Not much choice. We lost two mature copper beeches (so sad) and a mature maple (not happy about that, either.) The roots will die and the main drain like that had clogged was replaced, taking out the roots that caused the problems. They were about 8- feet from the tank but only 40 from the drain line. Roots are great little water-hunters: they find moisture and the tree puts its energy in growing root there.
Don't suppose you have that problem, do you?
sir willymac! it's so amazing how those trees can find the water, too bad you had to lose them though. As far as I know we don't.
the copper beeches keep their leaves during the winter. They turn a beautiful copper color in the fall but stay on the trees until the spring buds push them off. I hate losing big, decorative trees like those.