Tamping down drain field dirt

The past few days have been warmer than usual.  The snow has all melted except for a few areas where it is cooler than average and always shady.  

The ground is no longer frozen.  I took advantage of this and tamped down the dirt heaped over the septic tanks and the drain field where I had dug it up.  No sense in tripping over a frozen mound of dirt under the snow this Winter.

I used a "tamper" tool I had bought at an auction west of Whitefish, MT a number of years ago.  I haven't had much of a chance to use the tamper till now but it came in real hand for this project.


Before and after:

Look better now, doesn't it? Keep in mind I had to use a little muscle power to flatten the dirt.