In article , Gary
wrote:

On 10/23/04 4:29 AM, in article , "JennyC"
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"prologica" wrote in message
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You guys were so helpful with your responses on my CH vent query, I
thought i'd pose another one for you!

In a reasonably prominent position on a large lawn at my house are
three metal inspection covers (2 over the septic tank and the third
over the runaway channel), and a vent (which has a vertical height of
around 6") with some concrete visible between them (and I suspect more
under the grass around them). By the way, 2 of the covers are parallel
to each other and the third is at right angles to the second, if you
follow me!...the point being they are not in a neat line.
They are not in a neat line? Get whomever put those things in and get them
to straighten them out! Being neat is an absolute must...it is hard to get
good help these days...

Any thoughts on disguising/distracting from these?
After they are in a straight line...who cares about disguising them? It's a
straight line! What more could a person want...?

I've already considered:
- Making a border with the covers etc in the centre and plant spreading
prostrate evergreens to cover them (which would have to be pulled aside
for infrequent access to the tank)
- Building some kind of garden structure (eg a gazebo) on a raised,
skirted dais/platform, lightweight enough to be removed when
necessary.
- Plant some hedging around it - maybe even a hedge within a hedge so
that you enter a hedged area to reveal say a garden seat and a
concealed gap leads off into the hedged tank area. (I would stress that
the tank is carefully managed to remain odour-free!)
(snip)

The previous owner of my house disguised the 3 tank lids with rocks
turning the area into a rockery with only a few, easily removed rocks
on the actual lids. It looked a bit 'sudden' to me - like a burial
mound - so when I bought the house, I returfed the whole area leaving
neat, precise gaps for the lids. I have added synthetic turf mats on
top of the lids and, to weigh the mats down have placed some objects on
top of the mats - a bird bath and a couple of pieces of driftwood
sculpture. It looks rather spiffing, if I do say so myself.

Stan