One foot forward and three back!

We are slowly gaining ground
Almost all the equipment in the garage has been taken apart cleaned and the motors tweaked so far we know we have lost one of our pricey tools and the most expensive piece we are stalling on - the generator.

The grounds are not too bad and I only lost a few flowers, my grass is having a hard time because with the flood waters came clay and it is all over. Even after power washing the mud from the driveway , it will not give so hopefully in the next decade it will wear off. I have so many weeds I found a weed and feed that is corn meal based it covers the lawn like a thick blanket, I picked two garbage pails of weed so the hunt is on for better yard grass. It is starting to come back very slowly . My apple tree has a lot of little apples Ben's tree zippo too many little animals loves his trees!!

 Now for the bad news- our water is so contaminated- too much for even a dog's consumption  . Ben just found the well head and a friend is coming tomorrow to help dig a trench. We will fill the trench with Javex so that hopefully it will bleach out the  cause root of the water problem, We suspect caused by all the water logged septic tanks in the area that were under water during the flood.  So tomorrow is another day hopefully once treated and then waiting for the tests we will some good news. In our limited wisedom when we put this head in we marked it with a steak after 4 feet down - where is the sillly well- we were over by 6" to the left, a little shovel in the right direction - EUREKA.How is that for old foggies?

Surprise! We were away when the flood hit
My friend turned off our power and he kept an eye on the place
Once all the water disappeared he spent many hours cleaning up and taking care of the yard. We are so thankful as there are so many repairs to be made and a lot of equipment loss including a  new car that I had for a week.

It will be awhile until we are back to normal but at least now the house looks somewhat presentable