#septic pump

Oh, for crying out loud. Our septic pump isn’t draining again. We’ve been fighting with this all winter, finally getting the pump fixed, with a surprise find, and the diverter added in January while the ejector was still frozen. Since we got the ejector thawed and the diverter was no longer being used, I’ve been checking the pump pretty regularly. Not obsessively, like I did for the first…

Today is working out to be a rather pleasant day, overall. We’ve got bright sunshine and – as I’m writing this – there doesn’t seem to be much wind. Unlike this morning! I got the morning rounds done which, today, included shoveling out the space we back the truck into to load it up for the dump. View this post on Instagram A post shared by The Re-Farmer (@the.refarmer) We got a fair bit of…

*sigh* It started again. After my brother discovered the rag stuck in the back valve on the septic pump, he made sure to give the valve a once over. It was in good working condition – once it was no longer filled with cloth! – so everything was put back together as it was, instead of being replaced with the not-quite-what-he-wanted new parts and pieces he’d found, after much running around in…

We were all wrong. We also had no way of knowing how or why we were wrong! My brother, saint that he is, came out today to work on both the frozen ejector and the septic pump problem. My SIL dropped him off, as he would be taking their car that they loaned us, back. The first thing he did was head to the ejector – he was here for an hour before we even saw him! He set up a low power heater…

Our 10th day of Christmas is working out to be a cold one! View this post on Instagram A post shared by The Re-Farmer (@the.refarmer) As I write this, we are back down to -22C/-8F, with the same wind chill of -33C/-27F that I was walking in, earlier today. It could be worse. We could be Regina! They are at -31C/-24F, before wind chill! We are currently under ongoing extreme cold warnings but,…

The septic guy has come and gone, and the news turned out to be much better than I expected. But first, the cuteness. View this post on Instagram A post shared by The Re-Farmer (@the.refarmer) The kittens are getting very comfortable around the sun room and the house, running and playing together. Even the smallest ones are rough housing with the older kittens. Then they all pile together,…

But it could be worse! Some places are getting snow! Or a rain/snow mix. View this post on Instagram A post shared by The Re-Farmer (@the.refarmer) I was able to finish mowing the East yard, which is where the lowest part of the inner yard is. It’s hard to tell in the photo, but through the short grass, you can see the water extending well beyond the little pond in front of the outhouse. The…

Okay, so last night, we had issues with the septic pump again. It wasn’t turning off, even though there was no water flowing through the pump. So I shut it off manually and left it for later. This morning, while doing my rounds, I popped opened the tank and took a look. The grey water side was pretty full, and I could see the new float/pill switch at the top. Nothing seemed to be hung up or…