(September 18, 2021 at 12:08 am)Fireball Wrote:(September 17, 2021 at 11:00 pm)arewethereyet Wrote: Bold mine - soaker hose?
We have some around the house to try to keep the foundation from shifting. They are a thing here that I hadn't heard of before.
Yeah, that's it. How the hell does that keep the foundation from shifting!?
The ground here shifts and draws away from the foundation if it's not kept wet. Even then it's not guaranteed. We have had piers put under part of the house but need to do more as the house is shifting and twisting.
The soil here is strange to me. I grew up on Iowa soil that is better than any potting soil mixture you can purchase. Then spent years on sand stripped with red clay in SC. Now I am on gummy black claylike soil that is moving all the time. A couple weeks with no rain and the splits in the yard can be pretty big...it's the weirdest stuff. Trying to drive a shovel into the soil is next to impossible but when it's wet it's a nightmare to get off your shoes or, worse yet, dog paws.
I'm your huckleberry.
