This was very helpful. I discussed this bucket test with Chris on the way out to view a property today that had a ten acre pond on it. Unfortunately, we'll never know about the pond. It was about 100 feet below the edge of a cliff.
However, I'll be getting a bucket to do this test with soon.
From talking to my farming friends, the land a bit north of us (Kingston) has very fertile soil. The land north west of us (Seabeck) has very rocky and crummy soil. Which seems strange to me, because I would think the soil closer to the rocky coasts would be full of clay (as it is on the "beach") and silt, but this doesn't seem to be the case. I obviously have a lot to learn.
Technically, we are on a peninsula. I guess. All I know is that I have island fever and I about lose my mind anytime I try to drive some place. I need more space.
I saw Dwight Bremer's name and immediately wondered if he was associated .... there are still quite a few reputable moonshiners out this way.
