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Posted by 3D Peruna on April 12, 2008, 11:49 am
EDS wrote:
> However even further North in permafrost areas, the
> buildings must be insulated from the earth to avoid melting the permafrost.
> I worked on one project where we put in 2' of stone on the permafrost, and
> built a wood frame sitting on the stone to support the building, with a 3'
> space between building and stone. Another way is to set wood piles into the
> ground down to below the permafrost summer melt line, and build your
> structure several feet above grade.
That past few winters we've had little snow and brutal cold
temperatures. A couple of winters ago, almost everyone's septic systems
froze up. Frost down 7' in most places with a few reaching 8'.
Frost design depth here is 5'... But most people just opt for the
additional small expense and go 8+' with a basement (unless they have
water table issues).
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Posted by RicodJour on April 14, 2008, 11:47 pm
>
> I'm hoping the sunflower root fingers won't fuck with the holes in the
> perforated pipes.
> If they do, watch google earth cause you'll see that blazing yellow turn to
> a flickering orange and red inferno and if you zoom in real close you'll see
> Don's boney ass sporting a homemade flame thrower. HA!
What possible reason could plant roots have to enter a nutrient rich
water and sludge supply...? Nah - never happen!
R
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Posted by Kris Krieger on April 15, 2008, 1:31 am
[snip]
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> We're having issues with ours, so we're gonna grade a mound over top
> of it then plant zillions of sunflowers all over it.
> 2 for the price of 1.
> The sunflowers will suck up all the water, which there is ample-too
> ample actually, and the sunflower seeds will feed the birds, which we
> are currently spending about $40 a month on.
> I wonder if it will be visible on google earth in august when its in
> full bloom?
> 1/2 acre of blazing yellow......
Do sunflowers like to have "wet feet"? Maybe you should look into some
native plants that like wet/boggy conditions...?
Problems with sunflowers in wet soil:
http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/pubs/plantsci/pests/e800w.htm
http://www.plantingscience.org/index.php?
module=pagesetter&func=viewpub&tid=2&pid=1113
How wet is your soil? Is it constantly wet, or intermittantly? Is the
area in full sun, part sun, part shade, or deep shade? IIRC, you're in
hardiness zone 6, is that correct:
http://www.growit.com/bin/USDAZoneMaps.exe?MyState=in ?
THis part of the site allows you to enter as many (or as few) conditions
are you require, and then get back a linked listing of good candidates:
http://www.growit.com/PlantInfo/LandScape.Htm
Need more...?
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Posted by TheRebarGuy on April 15, 2008, 8:28 am
> I'll sharpen a length of rebar and stick it in the ground, drop in a seed
> or 2 then cover it with my foot...over and over, 1000 times.
>
>
If you need someone to make a shop drawing for piece of rebar, let me know.
:-)
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Posted by Chuck News on April 16, 2008, 2:51 am
Just remember this, if the rebar is shown on the drawing with a dashed bold
line it doesn't mean that the rebar is to be installed in short separate
little peace's.
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>> I'll sharpen a length of rebar and stick it in the ground, drop in a seed
>> or 2 then cover it with my foot...over and over, 1000 times.
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> If you need someone to make a shop drawing for piece of rebar, let me
> know.
>
> :-)
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