As I type, the tree guy is out by the barn taking down that 'bodunk' tree whose roots lifted up the pipe going to the septic system out there. The pipe itself was replaced by the septic company who had been recommended by the plumber who did a temporary fix on that pipe so our handyman would have full use of running water going into (and out of) the barn apartment.
The plumber was the first one to tell me "Y'all better get rid of that there bodunk tree because all they do is give you a little bit of shade but destroy everythin' else around it." I don't know if bodunk is the actual name of that tree or if it's Texas slang for a 'trash tree.'
When the septic guys got here, they took one look at the way the pipe had been lifted out of the ground by the tree roots and then practically repeated the words of the plumber: "That there bodunk is pullin' up your pipes and makin' that there fence higgedly-wiggedly to boot." The septic guy offered to put a chain around the tree and pull it up (roots and all) with the bull-dozer thing that was on a trailer hitched up to his truck... but he thought that the pulling-down of the tree would also pull down the wood fence. "Better off gettin' a tree man to do that job right," he told me.
Which is what I did.... called the tree guy we found last year who did a great job trimming the huge pecans by the gazebo. And right now, I can hear the buzz-saws going as that big tree is taken down bit by bit.... and I made sure the tree guy knew where the new septic pipe had been installed so it wouldn't be disturbed or destroyed in the process.
One thing always leads to another out here... but this time, the plumber and the septic guy and the tree guy have all shown up when they said they would, taken care of the problems, and didn't over-charge for their services because they had to drive "all the way out yonder."
There is a Country God after all.........
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