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tennischik Hello Lillya - Here is what you do - plant an evergreen tree - wait about 15 years and then cut off the top and lower branches. LOL! This is the stump of a very old evergreen tree. You could also get a 4 x 4 or 6 x 6 post and sink and cement it into the ground and then paint it and simply attach a tiki umbrella to it - you would get the same affect. Good Luck!

heididk Such a neat idea. We're in the process of increasing the size of our pool area...and this is just the thing we were looking for...a beach! Looks like I'll be doing some window shopping today for edging! Thanks motherbear for heading me in the right direction.

tennischik Hello! I had a very large evergreen tree and the grass below had died. When I cut the tree down, I left a large portion of the trunk for my hammock. I put down vinyl landscape fabric in the circle shape and used the landscape tarp clips to hold it down. I then simply trucked in a yard of sand and smoothed it out. It has been about 4 years and it is still full. I simply turn it over and rake out debris. I bought the small log edging for a tiki look and it does a great job of keeping the sand in place and not in the yard! This year it was under about 36 inches of snow - I don't ever cover it. Thanks & Good Luck!