It’s the end of the summer. A summer that was filled with a ton of pool fun like this:
Ellen’s ool. Hopefully filled with toys and awesomeness and no “P.” Get it??
But such fun is not without its casualties.
Ellen’s oldest.
Not this sort of casualty. This happened on dry land playing volleyball.
No, I’m talking about the pile of pulverized pool toys baking on my driveway. The toys that gave all the good times they could until they cracked under the pressure. Literally. And no one takes it on the chin like the noble noodle. Amiright?
They’re so cheap it’s easy to think of them as disposable, but burying them in a landfill isn’t exactly earth friendly. Why not recycle broken pool noodles instead? Give them a second life by burying them in the bottom of your large pots to provide drainage. Your plants won’t droop from soggy roots and you’ll feel pretty darn clever, too.
In the past I used packing peanuts, but they are hard to come by nowadays. Amazon always uses those air pillows. And forget about using gravel. I need to work out, but I don’t need to throw my back out.
And voilà! Your pool is a more beautiful place. Not only do you have gorgeous flowers to add that pop of color, you no longer have piles of nasty broken noodles. A sensible mom would say that is a win-win.
-Ellen
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