You have always been a hands-on parent and every time your family enters the discussion, nothing else seemed to matter. When you all moved into you’re newly bought home, it was your priority to make sure that every component was running smoothly—from the smallest blade of grass to the home air conditioning unit. This was not an easy job to do. This needed attention and time, which you didn’t always have. Nevertheless, you did it and there you were.
The biggest source of pride in your property is your lawn. From the moment you moved in, you have always noticed how green the grass was and how colorful the plants were. It was indeed a perfect yard to have parties and maybe even a pool someday. You will do absolutely everything just to make sure that you and your family are well-taken care of in every aspect, especially when you are all in your home together. Since you have a yard, you absolutely encourage your children to play there with your dogs. They have already gotten used to the idea after a few weeks. One weekend, you decided to join them and just lounge around in your yard and forget about surfing the Internet all day or just staying in the living room watching DVD reruns. As you sat there, your legs outstretched while sipping your iced tea, you noticed something out of context. At first, you thought that it was just the glare from the sun but when you approached it, you just couldn’t believe it. There was yellow grass over your drain field.
There was a gardener that came to your place every other day to tend the garden and the entire yard so you called him and asked him if he could drop by your house. He agreed and when he arrived, you showed him your concern. He said that he never neglected watering the entire lawn. He even sprayed fertilizer and eco-friendly pesticides to care for each blade of grass. The gardener told you that it would be better to ask the septic professional that could further explain to you what really happened to your patch of yellow grass. So you immediately called the septic expert and in just a few minutes, he arrived beaming at you.
He was calm in saying that your lawn grass was absolutely perfect. He reminded you that the yellow patch of grass was planted over the drain field of your septic system. The yellow coloration was actually a good thing. The dryness of the soil on top of your drain field was a sign that your septic system was in good shape. It was doing its job properly and was experiencing no problems at all. When the top soil is wet and soggy, it would be a sign that your septic system is failing. The yellow grass, although not easy on the eyes, is indicative of an efficient septic system. The septic experts told you not to water the yellow grass or add more soil to the top soil. Watering the yellow grass will make it difficult for the drain field to absorb the wastewater. This would make the wastewater back up onto your yard and into your home. Additional soil will make it difficult for the effluent to evaporate, leaving the soil wet and soggy. This will make the oxygen level f the soil lower. As you know the aerobic bacteria work in your drain field. No oxygen, no bacteria, no purification.
When both men left, you returned to you spot in the yard and enjoyed the rest of your day. As you took a bit of your brownie, you realized that you’d make sure that the yellow grass is kept yellow at all times from then on. In all your years, you never thought that dead, yellow grass would be the best thing that would ever happen to you and to your family.