Over the past record breaking 33 days
without rain I've been pondering the idea of getting a small above ground
pool. The visual eyesore as well as the extra amount of vigilance around
safety and supervision required around a pool has kept me from getting one for
our backyard. However, the concept of having our very own water fun
place to play in finally won out. Unfortunately, by the time I finally decided to take the plunge we
discovered every store is sold out of every make and model of every size above
ground pool in our entire area and beyond. A sad little girl and I tried
one more store only be told "yeah, we sold out a month ago". At
check out the cashier asked if we found what we were looking for and we told
her our tale. She quickly replied "oh I was given a pool last year
and my husband hated that it killed the grass, you can have it." She
kindly insisted that we take it for free and included all kinds of pool
accessories - truly our chlorinated fairy godmother.
So yes, now I have my very own
suburban water feature. In the few days we've had it my children
and I have had a splashing good time. The question remains: how to
blend this very temporary yard structure into the landscape, in other words,
how do you hide an above ground pool without spending any money?
After
I decided to do some quick relocation of some plants that either needed dividing or had been growing in pots. A miscanthus was divided into three and a sad old lilly was chopped into four. A hydrangea that had been grown from a found sapling under my front yard bush was plunked out of the pot. It was free, easy and cheap. As soon as summer is over the pool will be stored, plants put back into more permanent homes and the round patch will be reseeded with grass. Shannon laughed when she saw my attempt to hide the pool, I suppose because it isn't exactly much of a disguise.
Marshmallow the Hippo appreciates my poolside landscaping.
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