Re: Perennials

How about making a raised bed over the tank?  That might be an 
idea.. they say that you shouldn't put anything over a tank cause 
you might have to open it up sometime but in all the years and in 
all the houses I've been in or friends have been in, I've never seen 
one have to be opened up.. 

You could always put annuals in it so if anything happened that 
you would have to open it, at least you wouldn't be losing 
expensive plants.... 

Or you could put a wishing well over it and decorate around it with 
potted plants.. 

Or put a deck over it and use it as a BBQ area... you can get those 
pre-fab decks that are all in one piece that can be moved easily.. 

> Could anyone suggest plants that would survive and thrive above a
> septic tank in zone 5?  There is a thin layer of soil with lawn above
> the tank now and it's the first area to turn yellow in a drought.  I
> could add some soil, of course.  Another concern would be in early
> spring when the soil around the tank warms up and would encourage
> plants to grow.  They would most likely be frozen later on.  Maybe
> there are no plants that tough...
> 
Connie Wheeler
Molalla, Or
Life may not be the party we hoped for, 
but while we are here we might as well dance.

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