Re: Septic System Demo Garden
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Septic System Demo Garden
- From: M* L* <m*@micron.net>
- Date: Mon, 03 Aug 1998 06:25:29 -0600
At 05:42 PM 8/2/98 -0700, you wrote:
>Having just experienced this years' thrill....having a septic system
>installed, I'm seriously contemplating building our major perennial
>demonstration bed on top of it. The drainfield comes within 5 feet of
>the parking area. If I build an enormous perennial bed on top of the
>drainfield and front the whole thing with a decorative barrier, cars
>won't be able to drive forward enough to crush my inspection ports.
>I'd also like to include on it, a smallish tree or two. What does
>anybody have to say about this idea? Will I wreck the system?
>Perennials as a rule, shouldn't have roots so extensive that they go 24
>inches down and foul the drainfield, right?
>--
>The Greenhouse Nursery
>81 S. Bagley Creek Road & Hwy 101
>Port Angeles, WA 98362
>(360) 417-2664
>Zone 8
>
This sounds as if this is an established nursery that has "just" had a
septic system installed. Nobody ever goes from sewer to septic system, so
I infer that you've been using a path to the outhouse. Were I you, I would
not plant woody plants on the drainfield, and I don't believe edible plants
are recommended either. Margaret
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