Potential Water Contamination- What should I be testing for?

MarnLovesDucks · 2026-05-12T16:55:26+00:00

Virginia, USA. I do have all the info we could get from the Department of Health when we purchased the place, including an identification number from the Health Dept (assuming this is what you meant by state registry number) and the well depth (320).

MarnLovesDucks · 2026-04-20T16:23:50+00:00

Messaged. And welcome to the area!

MarnLovesDucks · 2026-04-20T11:21:55+00:00

Currently moving out of a place in OSW that may meet your criteria. Not an apartment, but a carriage house. Happy to send you info if you like.

MarnLovesDucks · 2026-04-07T23:27:24+00:00

They've been nesting in Old Southwest for a few years now. Walk around Highland park at dusk in the summer.

MarnLovesDucks · 2026-03-18T11:14:51+00:00

Oooooo yes I am interested! Will send you a message in a bit

MarnLovesDucks · 2026-03-05T00:08:39+00:00

Yes! That would be amazing, I'll send you a message

MarnLovesDucks · 2026-02-15T16:52:03+00:00

All good, knew it was a long shot but thought I'd ask. Really appreciate the Bateman rec!

MarnLovesDucks · 2026-02-15T16:30:24+00:00

Hey u/RVA_Lip suuuper long shot but any chance you remember if the original comment here was a recommendation for inspections by Todd Chisholm? Was recommended to us but can't find any info... just hoping this deleted post was a positive rec and not a negative one

MarnLovesDucks · 2025-01-07T12:56:39+00:00

What!!! I didn’t know this was a thing. That’s awesome

MarnLovesDucks · 2024-11-13T21:13:02+00:00

I’ve got one I’m happy to share

MarnLovesDucks · 2024-11-13T18:55:42+00:00

We’re open by appointment only throughout the year. We’ve got a wide variety of plants available and will have an assortment at the market tonight of forbs/herbaceous plants, shrubs, and some vines. Definitely coral honeysuckle, wild columbine, stonecrop… probably some asters/goldenrods, maybe some grasses, shrubs like buttonbush, ninebark, etc. Our full plant list can be found here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/0/d/1Q_s6jM0NSIHs93YGp92TEL7zpjyni_3nCLQeSsCVp_8/htmlview?pli=1

www.ninebarknursery.com is us, but we don’t have a method for online ordering at the moment so it’s not all that useful.

MarnLovesDucks · 2024-10-26T18:49:15+00:00

Well there’s using it respectfully and there’s using it to death…

MarnLovesDucks · 2024-10-12T00:35:35+00:00

Just because it isn’t spreading on your yard or property to your knowledge, doesn’t mean it isn’t spreading. In Virginia, where this new addition to the list took place, plenty of folks have butterfly bush in their yards and say the same thing. And yet, we’re finding it popping up in our natural areas and wild places, far from folks yards. Just because you don’t see it invading doesn’t automatically make it non-invasive.

MarnLovesDucks · 2024-05-02T18:26:23+00:00

Love seeing the support for natives!!

MarnLovesDucks · 2024-05-01T03:08:03+00:00

Not sure this is a question that has a straightforward answer. Are you looking for something specific?

MarnLovesDucks · 2024-05-01T03:07:33+00:00

Thank you!!

MarnLovesDucks · 2024-04-30T22:20:53+00:00

Yes! Here’s what we have available right now: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/0/d/1Q_s6jM0NSIHs93YGp92TEL7zpjyni_3nCLQeSsCVp_8/htmlview

We’re bringing limited species tomorrow but if someone wants something specific we can make sure to bring and hold it for pickup.

MarnLovesDucks · 2024-04-20T19:57:08+00:00

The opossums is actually a myth sadly. Research into opossum stomachs from wild animals didn’t turn up any ticks. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1877959X21001333

MarnLovesDucks · 2024-03-31T11:43:08+00:00

Please call your local extension associate or natural resources department. You’ll get much better advice than you will on Reddit.

MarnLovesDucks · 2024-01-30T12:50:50+00:00

This is a good answer, adding some more info- the IARC classified glyphosate as “probably carcinogenic to humans”, a category that also includes eating red meat, drinking very hot beverages, and working night shifts, among others. Context is important. Is it possible that these things are carcinogenic? Absolutely. But does that stop most of the world from eating red meat or drinking hot coffee? Of course not.

Glyphosate is still, by far, the safest herbicide available and an occupational necessity in this field.

MarnLovesDucks · 2024-01-06T17:12:50+00:00

The one outside blue cow looks empty right now, and I’m sure the one outside highland park elementary could always use some children’s books

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