This is what the yard at The Green House looked like when we bought it in October.
This is what the yard looked like after we cleaned it up.
This is the pile of crap we uncovered after the yard was cleared. The pile is what is left of a garage that fell down... like ten years ago.
So what do we get for cleaning up an overgrown lot and fixing up a dilapidated historical home? A nice letter from the county health department about a pile of crap that has been there for at least ten years.
So The Mister and my dad cleaned the pile up on Saturday. At least it was a nice day. The pile did turn out to be a health hazard. Dad, the veterinarian is not easily disgusted. But, if there is one thing dad detests and can recognize immediately, it's racoon poop. It turns out the pile was at one time a racoon latrine (despite being nasty animals, racoons like to return to the same spot to poop).
So now I have to keep The Lilttle Savages away from that corner of our yard. Of all of the problems that we could have at The Green House, racoon poop was just not something that I ever would have thought of.
I can't believe your dealing with raccoon poop, too. You do know that fire will kill the roundworm eggs, right? We had one of the stupid varmints leave a gift right in our FRONT YARD at the base of a tree. My husband suited up in haz-mat gear and torched the spot. No kidding. Then we turned the soil, torched it again, and torched the shovel. Nasty parasite from raccoons + FIRE = no more nasty parasite :) I still don't let the kiddos dig there, though.
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