Life's a beach

[chippewa]

A woman in Kansas City got tired of mowing her lawn, so she trucked in 80 tons of sand and turned her yard into a beach. Now she just needs to put up a projector and show the Buffett concerts on Margaritaville TV.

Adirondack chairs, volleyball net.....I like her style.

link: beach-house-leaves-gritty-taste-with-neighbors

[Tiki Torches]

Reminds me of this:

Raleigh Beach? Not yet, but the website looks inviting


An artist's rendering of "Raleigh Beach" displayed on a chain-link fence at a West Hargett
Street vacant lot in Raleigh. This same rendering appears on the Raleigh Beach website.
COURTESY OF MATT TOMASULO

[alphabits]

I like the concept.
I thought about doing something similar to this in part of the backyard, as an addition to Intemperance Island.
But a lot of the area around here is still wooded and we get lots of critters roaming thru (including a few feral cats).
I suspect the pristine beach would have turned into Mother Nature's latrine in short order.

[Rabbitz]

What a nightmare to maintain.

They do know that most surf and popular beaches are cleaned EVERY day, don't they?

I hope they never get wind or have near by trees, or as alpha said, nearby critters.

I really like the idea, but I bet they regret it!!!

Reminds me of a show we did in a pub the night before it was gutted for a rebuild, they trucked in 50 odd tons of sand and we had a beach party. What a mess. We were still getting sand out of the P.A. years later.

(I bet the builders weren't impressed)

[sonofabeach]

Trading the mower for a sprayer full of Roundup....

There's a guy in my neighborhood who got sick of his lawn so he paved the whole thing with pavers.
Kinda looks like a business when you drive by. Cool thing is he can park anywhere in his yard.

[Crazy Navy Flyer]

I've been considering green concrete or plastic grass. The problem with sand is that weeds still grow up through it.

[phjrsaunt]

I love it! (but I wouldn't want to be the one maintain it)

[SMLCHNG]

Aside from the winds that CO often has, that would work well here.

[goreds2]

A woman in Kansas City got tired of mowing her lawn, so she trucked in 80 tons of sand and turned her yard into a beach. Now she just needs to put up a projector and show the Buffett concerts on Margaritaville TV.

Adirondack chairs, volleyball net.....I like her style.

link: beach-house-leaves-gritty-taste-with-neighbors

I need to show my girlfriend this. She has three acres of lawn.

[Annabella]

This is a great idea
But I still prefer sea view villa in Spain



and preferably with lots of servants and a hot Spanish guy

[FireFly45]

One thing I hate about sand is cat and dog poop.