SwimRight Pool Service and Repair contractors discuss yard care tips for swimming pool owners — these tips are relevant for those pool owners who live in drought prone areas of the country, and for those who want to care for their yards and not upset the pool water balance.
Yard care tips for swimming pool owners
When you own a swimming pool, your yard is usually considered part of the landscaping of the entire pool area. The yard adds to the aesthetic appeal of your swimming pool and is as important to a pool project as the pool itself. Your swimming pool may reside “below ground” but the yard and the deck area which are above ground add to the entire outdoor expeience you have when you’re swimming or relaxing poolside.
When you talking with a pool contractor about your project, the swimming pool service contractors from SwimRight Pools recommend you ask whether you can have a “birds eye” view of what your yard will look like once the pool project has been complete. When you live in the dryer areas of the country like we do in Arizona you may want to consider planting for drought and extreme heat conditions — not all plants can survive our extreme weather. Here are ideas to ponder for your pool project and its landscaping.
- Choose drought-resistant and heat resistant plants.
- Invest in plants that don’t shed leaves or lure birds or bees to the pool area.
- If you’re planting trees, do so with caution because if the tree has a long root structure or if the tree is continually reaching out for water to survive, it can damage your pool equipment and plumbing.
- Use mulch when you plant flowers or shrubs and this will allow you to water the plants less frequently. To keep your lawn and plants lush and thriving you will need to give them up to an inch of water a week — that’s why so many yards in Arizona are stone and cacti are abundant.
- Aerating your lawn to loosen hardened earth and make it more amenable to soaking up water when you give it to the lawn or plants.
If you don’t want to spend time caring for a lawn consider adding rock, sand and cacti to your yard — these are aesthetically appealing ways to landscape and are also environmentally friendly to the Arizona climate.
