Our frost-free hydrant was leaking somewhere and we had a bog in our front yard (the grass right around it was very lush!)
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We turned the pump off (to stop the leak) and started digging to find the problem
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Sarah was digging for "gold"
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I told Dan I felt like we were in the movie
"Holes" (with Shia LaBeouf)
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After having the pump on for an hour, the hole filled up with water again! (Later the hole had water whether the pump had been on or not)
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The red line is the water line.
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Digging
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More digging
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To give you an idea of how deep the hole is, that is a regular shovel in the bottom of the hole, with the grass being the level ground.
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Here you can see the bend in the pipe going to the well/pump
It turned out that the pipe wasn't leaking, just the hydrant, so that was good!
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Taking out the old hydrant
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The old hydrant next to the new one
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We decided to put stones in the bottom to help with drainage
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Time to fill in the hole
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The girls packing the dirt down
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All filled in
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Spreading grass seed