Plumbing Sucks

Last week before I left Manti I noticed the ground was squishy around the sprinkler box and sure enough I found a leak. The problem is, the pipe is old black inch and a half and is rusting away in the clay soil. This isn't your fathers clay either, this is cement clay. While I was chipping away at the ground with the shovel I wondered what the pioneers thought when they tried to dig or plant in this mess. I have a whole new respect for them! Anyway, I had the help of a neighbor putting the pipe together and just when we thought we had fixed the broken piece ....