Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/08/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mushrooms At 06:08 PM 8/16/2009, you wrote: >Septic tank? > >Leo Wesson >Photographer/Videographer >817.733.9157 >www.leowesson.com > > >On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 4:01 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at >lighttube.net>wrote: > > > Hi Douglas, > > > > The only structure that ever adorned these lots before our houses was an > > American Civil War earthwork on the opposite end of my lot, overlooking > > the > > roadside at that time. That disappeared forty years ago. > > > > Thanks for the feedback. > > > > Jim Nichols > > Tullahoma, TN USA > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Douglas Sharp" <douglas.sharp at > > gmx.de> > > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> > > Sent: Sunday, August 16, 2009 3:09 PM > > Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Information Needed on Cause of Lawn Circle > > > > > > Hi Jim, > >> > >> have you had very little rain recently? > >> > >> This looks like what happens when some kind of structure is at shallow > >> depth below the surface. Both sides stiil get enough water from deeper > >> in the ground, but above the structure everything dies off. Very useful > >> for archaeologists but not so good for a nice green lawn. > >> > >> Could be an old wall or foundations, the rim of an old pond (hard packed > >> clay), an old farm building or similar. > >> > >> If there's been a lot of construction work with pretty deep foundations > >> being dug or pipelaying in the neighbourhood, it could mean that the > >> groundwater table has fallen. > >> > >> We had a similar effect in our garden caused by "lenses" of clay and > >> sand. These filled with rainwater and made circular areas that wobbled > >> like quicksand. I had to dig a criss-cross of trenches almost 3-feet > >> deep through the garden to get it draining properly. > >> > >> Cheers > >> Douglas > >> > >> > >> > >> Jim Nichols wrote: > >> > >>> I know there are many knowledgable people on these two lists. I am > >>> looking for a hint on the cause of a circle of dead grass that > is very well > >>> defined on my lawn and extends, faintly, into the adjoining lawn. > >>> > >>> I recall that a cherry tree once existed in this general area in the > >>> neighboring lawn. I had a maple in my yard that was damaged by > a wind storm > >>> and removed. However, neither of these was near the center of > the circle. > >>> I have heard that maple roots can cause problems in grass, but no > >>> previously-existing root circle matches what I now observe. > >>> > >>> Anyone got a suggestion? > >>> > >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Lawn+Circle.jpg.html > >>> > >>> Jim Nichols > >>> Tullahoma, TN USA > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Leica Users Group. > >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information