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   DanH | Dec 17, 2012 10:59pm | #1

   Heck, I live WITH a Norwegian, and it works out pretty well.

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   hammer1 | Dec 18, 2012 08:16am | #2

   The mosquito population can be pretty high.

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   florida | Dec 18, 2012 04:34pm | #3

   Why not? I now live next to a creek, used ot live on a a river and before that lived next to a cypress swamp. Loved them all.

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   DanH | Dec 18, 2012 06:53pm | #4

   Basically, the bugs will be worse (how bad depends on the nature of the fen) and the soil will be wet and perhaps not good for bearing.  You'd want to make sure any foundation was well built.

   But people Up North here in MN live on lakes where there's a marsh every 200 feet along the shore, and they love it.

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   BossHog | Dec 18, 2012 09:10pm | #5

   Am I the only one who doesn't have a clue what a fen is?

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   KDESIGN | Dec 19, 2012 12:03am | #6

   A fen is like a bog or swamp except that the fen has water pushing up from below as springs.  A bog is a low spot that collects drainage.  Both fens and bogs are wet and similar looking at the surface.  A fen typically gets its uprising water from nearby higher ground.  I am not sure what it would be like living near a fen.  It could be wet, or it could be refreshing.  The prominent Minnesota fen is the Seminary Fen on the east side of Chaska, MN.  Fens are supercharged by water pushing up as springs. 

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   BossHog | Dec 19, 2012 07:04am | #8

   Sounds like skeeter breeding grounds to me. And high humidity. A bad combination.

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   KDESIGN | Dec 19, 2012 12:04am | #7

   A fen is like a bog

   Double post