Beginner Gardening: Landscaping ideas!!, 2 by missingrosie

missingrosie wrote:
Maybe 'expand' a poor choice of my wording since I don't mean expand further into the green grassy area. I meant fill in those graveled areas where no plant wants to thrive. You wouln't need to pull existing flagstone up since it is random placement. This way you will have a bigger sunny patio space and no planting problems to deal with.

This is Daves Garden and so I thought if you have an itch to plant that need scratching ...landscape the grassy area with native things...some birdhouses on tall poles...a birdbath...something artsy mixed in with the landscaping you choose.

What I meant by the bamboo ( doesn't have to be bamboo was trying to think of something that could manage wet things hung on it strength wise and water resistant wise ) was a structure to specifically hold the pool towels. I may be a little too OCD but if I am going to hang towels -- I want the place they hang to scream " I am designed for towels and proud of it " and so i would construct a short 6-8 foot fence ...cemented in on each side ..... With metal, bamboo, wire, chain "poles" strung between the two post sides......or if you want some privacy -- lattice painted a pretty color with the towel hooks or bars attached and facing the pool ...and on the back of it would put planter noxes for annuals ( that side would face the road ) or I would hang potterynon it or something!!! Maybe even put some sort of bench seat running along that fence ( pool side) with a lid that lifts to house pool chemicals or pool floats so those drying off can sit while drying feet.

If an open fence ( like a rail design ) on one corner of it I would put a structure / something to hold annuals since the fence would be mostly left open for the drying towels... Like this ( I made from a premade wooden stair stringer and planter boxes. The stringer was $ 11 and some paint. The boxes cost.. Home depot - resin.