tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5186475679142445348.post5284838558706309395..comments2023-01-27T06:39:07.962-05:00Comments on Riding Escalators: Project: Backyard Beautification, Part 2Chelseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07107424348218968260noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5186475679142445348.post-46478892875481236202012-12-09T19:45:56.582-05:002012-12-09T19:45:56.582-05:00Hi Aunt!
I miss you so much and can't wait for...Hi Aunt!<br />I miss you so much and can't wait for you to come over for Christmas! I also can't wait to see you're house. It looks great in pictures and I can't wait to see it in person.Hannahhttp://peaceluvanimals.weebly.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5186475679142445348.post-7929317501453867432012-10-10T15:14:35.835-04:002012-10-10T15:14:35.835-04:00Oh WOW! It's nice to hear from someone else wi...Oh WOW! It's nice to hear from someone else with that sort of strangeness! A fish pond built on TOP of an OPEN septic tank! Egads!<br />Chelseahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07107424348218968260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5186475679142445348.post-50862315133905046942012-10-05T18:21:38.107-04:002012-10-05T18:21:38.107-04:00It's nice to know that we aren't the only ...It's nice to know that we aren't the only ones with weird concrete stuff in our back yard(s). In two different houses we (meaning my strong, handsome husband) have removed the following: <br /><br /> (1) a foot-deep concrete fishpond edged in stones which was built ON TOP of a 9' deep open septic tank lined with stones. Man, what a job that was!!! But we got some great stones out of it for making retaining walls here and there. And since the septic tank was about 100 years old, it was blessedly empty.<br /><br />(2) a 6' wide concrete fishpond that had been built beside a willow tree way back when the willow tree was planted (by a previous owner, needless to say). When we had that gigantic and diseased willow tree removed decades later, we discovered the buried fish pond with enormous willow roots all entangled in it. Another horrendous removal job netting us some good rocks -- but an awful lot of busted-up concrete as well. You can read about it here on my husband's blog: http://dfickeisen.wordpress.com/2012/01/15/water-feature-discovered-in-back-yard-and-removed/<br /><br />(3) In another part of the same yard, a much smaller pond-ish thing that was probably intended to be an in-ground birdbath. That one was a piece of cake to remove, but it still counts.Judyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10800774062894760828noreply@blogger.com