The grass is always greener.....

roweenie · Post by **roweenie** » Mon Jul 09, 2018 11:25 am

......over the leech field.....(Erma Bombeck was wrong)

iiipopes · Post by **iiipopes** » Mon Jul 09, 2018 12:04 pm

roweenie wrote:......over the leech field.....(Erma Bombeck was wrong)

Ah, yes: before sanitary sewer, that is how we determined if the septic tank was working properly, especially after a rainstorm!

Donn · Post by **Donn** » Mon Jul 09, 2018 1:15 pm

I might never have guessed what you meant even if you'd spelled it correctly. Hereabouts we say "drain field."

The idea of a field infested with leeches is somewhat off-putting, but I guess that's blind prejudice - at least, I can't recall hearing of disease spread by leeches, which puts them way ahead of the bloodsucking insects.

roweenie · Post by **roweenie** » Mon Jul 09, 2018 2:54 pm

Donn wrote:I might never have guessed what you meant even if you'd spelled it correctly. Hereabouts we say "drain field."

The idea of a field infested with leeches is somewhat off-putting, but I guess that's blind prejudice - at least, I can't recall hearing of disease spread by leeches, which puts them way ahead of the bloodsucking insects.

Pardon the incorrect spelling - I'm still a little jetlagged....

I haven't cut my grass for almost two weeks, and was amazed how green the grass was over my L-E-A-C-H field.....

Three Valves · Post by **Three Valves** » Mon Jul 09, 2018 4:20 pm

Once, there were leechfields...

opus37 · Post by **opus37** » Mon Jul 09, 2018 4:49 pm

O goodie...... I learned a new term or expression today.. Leach Field and Drain Field (both handle the liquid outflow from the septic tank). So where in the country do they call it a leach field?

roweenie · Post by **roweenie** » Mon Jul 09, 2018 8:05 pm

Northeast

pwhitaker · Post by **pwhitaker** » Mon Jul 09, 2018 9:33 pm

Ayup.

Teubonium · Post by **Teubonium** » Tue Jul 10, 2018 4:30 pm

I've lived in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Michigan, and Colorado. Never heard it called anything but a Leach Field. I even had one at my house in Michigan.

This is the first I've heard it called a Drain Field.

Heavy_Metal · Post by **Heavy_Metal** » Wed Jul 11, 2018 9:24 pm

roweenie wrote:......over the leach field.....(Erma Bombeck was wrong)

Not if the septic tank was leaking............

alfredr · Post by **alfredr** » Fri Jul 13, 2018 6:24 am

Some people also say "septic line(s)."

MaryAnn · Post by **MaryAnn** » Sun Jul 15, 2018 1:34 pm

Well, if you DID have a leech field, I have heard that leeches are actually useful if you are swelling up from blood leaking into your tissue from broken capillaries from a recent bruise-inducing blow. This is well before the bruise itself appears. They suck the blood out and the swelling is much lessened. Like, if someone socks you in the eye and it is starting to swell badly...apply leeches from your LEECH field.

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