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Disguising a Telephone Pole

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Date: 11/08/2007 Topics: Gardening > Landscaping | Photos > Garden  
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In an attempt to hide a telephone pole in our front yard, or at least draw attention away from the pole, I designed this area to have different textures and focal points. Big stones, mulch, tall shrub, wide bush and a variety of flowers that will bloom at different times in spring and summer. I have added decorative small rocks around the Yucca plants (not shown in this picture). Only took one day to put together.

By CalaLily from Alexandria, VA

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Post By Mary (Guest Post) (05/23/2008)
Does a 'telephone pole with lots of wires' put off radiation if it is at the edge of your property. What are negative health effects?

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Post By Anonymous (Guest Post) (04/13/2008)
Seriously, who is climbing poles these days? It wouldn't be safe to prop a ladder against the pole anyhow. Yes, they used to use spurs to climb poles but those are relics now. Nice job on the garden.

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Post by Jantoo (718) | (11/10/2007)
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I don't want to be a party-pooper, so I'll just guess that different phone & utility companies have different requirements for their easements on private property. Where I am, the utility/phone/cable companies have a 10 - 15 foot easement under their wires and around their poles. Every few years they hire a tree-cutting service to trim everything in their easements, with no cost to the private owner. Under the wires, they allow bushes and plants that do not grow to the height of the wires. Around the poles they like to keep it clear. If the pole is in a public right-of-way adjacent to a road, plants more than 2 feet high are not allowed. Drivers have to be able to see.

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Post By (Guest Post) (11/10/2007)
Hello - you wrote "I have added decorative small rocks around the Yucca plants (not shown in this picture)." You forgot to add the picture! I would love to see it :D Monique

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Post By (Guest Post) (11/09/2007)
My husband is a repairman for the phone company. He doesn't have a bucket truck, and neither does 1/3 of the rest of the garage he works out of. If your plants are in their way, they can remove them for safety's sake. If they feel something impedes their way and it's too dangerous, their other option is refusing the repair job.

Remember, the poles are the property of the utility companies.

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Post By Lil (Guest Post) (11/09/2007)
My house sits on a corner lot, and I have a telephone pole on the corner of the lot, I have 2 kinds on clematis going up the pole and at the top I have a big English basket of annuals in the basket for the summer, it is a hit with everyone, they all look for it when it is hung at the end of May, The clematis is dark purple and a hot pink.
My husband is a retired system technician for the telephone company on high tech computers,he said that the men that would work on a pole would have a bucket truck. The chances of someone climbing a pole would be rare.

When I get my photo thing on the computer fixed I will send a picture.

Lil

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Post By (Guest Post) (11/09/2007)
I know telephones poles can be unsightly, but remember that eventually a telephone repair person will have to climb that pole for one reason or another. Not every repair person has a bucket truck and they may have to use a ladder. If your plants or decorative things are in the way of their safety they will have the right to remove them.

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Post by theseamstress (285) | (11/08/2007)
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i see the thumb nail photo but i agree with the other post that the picture would not show when you open your post.

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Post by kimhis (765) | (11/08/2007)
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Good strategy, to work around what you can't change by making a distraction, emphasizing something else. Yucca plants turn heads every time. Wish you'd put up a photo, sounds like it would be well worth it.

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