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Old 01-07-2012, 10:14 PM
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Originally Posted by quiltsheddy@aol.com View Post
Every house has some kind of underground utility box or boxes in their yard. We planted a beautiful butterfly garden surrounding ours. Hibiscus, lantana, firecracker plants, verbena. We put the bird feeder there along with a small bird bath. It's really quite lovely. The utility man was here this week and he commented on how nice it looked. He had no trouble getting into it for inspection even though the plants are quite close. The frost did get some of our plants, so I think I'll go with some grasses to supplement.
I totally understand about the utility boxes in the back yard and agree that disguiseing them with plantings is a great idea, but as I said its way too close to the exit door of the Lanai and it seems too close to even plant shrubs around it. Thats my dilema. Does anyone know of some kind of a code saying how close it can be to a dwelling?