Posted by paul on November 06, 2016 at 20:00:13 from (66.60.223.229):
In Reply to: Tileing farm land posted by da.bees on November 06, 2016 at 17:05:27:
No French drains, we can't even use regular septic systems here, the ground does not perk, and is so saturated much of he year, there would be no place to drain to.
All tile runs to bigger tile, runs to dig ditches, runs to natural creeks and rivers.
Our subsoil is wet, soaking wet, no place for water to go.
We get heavy snows and frost goes 4 feet deep, as the snow melts and the ground thaws out in spring, the subsoil gets heavily charged with water and pretty much stays totally soaked through typical heavy spring rains well into mid June or July.
Way, way too much water onto soils that perk very slowly, with hills and dips that won't dry out.
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