Hey, So i have sort of a dilemma in my back yard and wanted to see if anyone's ever dealt with something like this. We just moved into a new house about two weeks ago, and the previous owners had an above ground pool, that is no longer there. The only thing that's left is a gigantic circle of sand (that the dogs like to roll in and track into the house). Does anyone have any tips on how to get rid of all this sand? Thanks!
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How deep is it? a couple inches or was this spot excavated out and filled? put it in bags and sell it as sandbox sand or offer others to come and load it up themselves (maybe for free) to get rid of it. Call your local Parks District and ask if they want it for a playground somewhere. Tell them to "come and get it and you can have it"...if you don't need/want any $$$$ for it. You can try spreading it around or add it to the garden.... just some thoughts...for what they are worth.
I don't know anything about the process for treating the ground around a pool like that or the water in the pool, but could there be chemicals in the sand that could possibly be harmful to plants and people?
The pool only sits on the sand to give it a base. There is normally not anything else in it. Most likely it is just sand that you would have a garage or basement back filled with or for the base of a patio made from paves, etc. We have never used anything other than sand from the gravel yard to do a swimming pool base for a customer.
Hensoncd when we bought are home about 7yrs ago. They also had put in an above ground pool that we got rid of. To many trees to try and keep the pool clean. The sand was only a few inches deep so we tilled up the spot and planted Raspberries. They are doing great.
Thanks for all the replies! No I don't believe the sand is very deep. It's just a few inches deep with a plastic tarp beneath it, from the looks of it. But it's a giant circle, roughly 15ft in diameter. I do like the idea of using the sand for planting, although I don't want to plant anything other than grass in this spot, because it's almost right in the middle of the lawn. Since we are trying to find some plants to go around the house, i do like the idea of finding some that are fond of sand and slowly getting rid of it that way. I don't believe there would be enough to bag it and give it away, although I won't know for sure until I go fully inspecting it. Thanks for the ideas though!
I removed a 24 ft above ground pool and had a similar problem. I got a load of topsoil and tilled it all together, deep into the soil below. I added compost, put up a round fence and voila! Garden! ( photo / image / picture from jmarc's Garden )
That's one of my strawberry pyramids I designed and built - I'll be posting about those soon. I'm growing parsley in the one side right now, works great for that That other "structure" was just a leftover part of a trellis. That picture was towards the end of the season. Here's some better pictures! ( photo / image / picture from jmarc's Garden ) ( photo / image / picture from jmarc's Garden ) ( photo / image / picture from jmarc's Garden )
