Many homes in the Poconos have elevated sand mounds for septic systems with shallow soil. Sand mounds are required when the soil profile is less than sixty inches deep. Most homeowners plant grass on ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s website, epa.gov, one in five houses in ...

It came to my attention on a quiet summer day in 1989 — heavy trucks were rolling down the dirt road. Trees were being cut down; stumps, bulldozed. Twenty truckloads of sand and gravel were brought in ...

Q: Ive got a rather large sand-mound (septic system) in my front yard. Is there anything I can plant on it to make it look better and to avoid having to mow grass on it? Its out in full sun. A: Yes.

Builders in Bushkill Township will now have a choice when they install elevated sand mound septic systems. Supervisors last night agreed to allow builders to install either dual-compartment tanks or ...

Q: I'm thinking of planting some items along the side of our sand mound. In doing research, I understand that certain groundcovers should not be used on or near a sand mound. I came across some plants ...

Operators of a controversial 140-run dog kennel proposed in Upper Milford Township are making a couple of major changes — including adding a $30,000 sand mound septic system — to prove they are ...

Dickerson resident George Worthington doesn’t envision a giant residential subdivision on his 137-acre property in the Agricultural Reserve. The lifelong Montgomery County resident bought just 10 ...

Len and Lynn King moved into their custom-built $200,000 dream home in Westminster in November 1988. Five years and two failed septic systems later, the Kings’ dream of having a Victorian house in ...