Faywood Hot Springs Resort, New Mexico

Howdy folks, welcome to Faywood Hot Springs Resort.

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Nearly Natural Hot Spring Pools

Since the last post was on man made hot spring pools 

(Concrete And Stone Hot Spring Pools),

I thought it would be nice to look at the more natural style pools.

Since most pools are altered by people in some way,

nearly natural refers to pools made with primarily natural, local materials

 and with either sand or gravel bottoms.

Above and below are pools that are dug out from the sandy banks

 along the West Fork of the Gila River in southwest New Mexico.

Concrete And Stone Hot Spring Pools

One of our favorite pursuits while traveling is looking for hot springs 

and even if you don't have a hot spring,

 you may want to build a pool and here are some ideas.

These first three photos are from a hot springs near the small town 

of Aconchi, Sonora, Mexico in the north central part of that state.

Water Features At Stone Forest In Santa Fe, N.M.

We stopped by Stone Forest back in early September

 and got some photos from their beautiful display gardens 

as well as inside their showroom.

Stone Water Features

Before we leave the Taos area I want to include 

this nice water feature by Jerry Schwartz in Arroyo Seco.

Flagstone Cap For A Concrete Pool

My previous post on this pool was A Concrete And Tile Pool 

and Ken and his friend (also) Ken had set the blocks for the sides.

A Concrete And Tile Pool

A couple of months ago I did two posts on building 

a concrete pool at El Dorado Hot Springs in Arizona:

Stone And Concrete Tub Made With Forms,

and More On The Stone And Concrete Tub Made With Forms.

While I am in Truth Or Consequences, New Mexico

 I have been watching my friend Ken build a tiled concrete pool

 for soaking for another take on the concept.

Water Features At The Glen Burnie Gardens

Being in the midst of a serious drought here in the southwest 

it is easy to start thinking of water.

DIY Natural Swimming Pool

     Saw this short video in Lloyd's Blog and thought it was interesting and certainly alternative:

 DIY Natural Swimming Pool.

     Check it out and enjoy.

More On The Stone And Concrete Tub Made With Forms

This a continuation of the previous post:
Stone And Concrete Tub Made With Forms. 

Stone And Concrete Tub Made With Forms

In the last post I showed some ideas for reusing materials

 from old mobile homes at El Dorado Hot Springs in Arizona.

In the last photo I showed forms made from the walls and floor.

Now let's look at that tub.

El Jardin de Arte

I was lucky enough to able to stop by Jerry's home and gallery the other day.

Bamboo Water Features

When we were in Taos, New Mexico this past summer 

we stopped by the Wired Coffee Shop a couple of times

 and admired their gardens around the patio 

which had some nice water features.

In the photo above a slow stream of water fills the bamboo 

and when enough water drips in the extra weight

 will tip the bamboo allowing the water to flow out and down. 

Bridges

Thinking of building a bridge for your landscape? 

Well here are a few ideas.

Water Features At Parque Eduardo Ruiz

If you are dreaming up plans for a water feature... 

A Small Backyard Pond

I have covered our friends Susie and Ray's
 Albuquerque urban garden in previous posts:

Rain Water Harvesting on June10th
A Cold Frame on April 17th
Worm Composting on April 2nd
The Urban Food Producing Winter Garden on March 7th.

Now I want to show you their very nice and very small backyard pond.
Above is a water lily with koi swimming below.

A Path To A Hot Spring Pool

We were work camping at El Dorado Hot Springs back in March
 and I was given the fun project of building a new path
to a brand new hot tub they had just opened up.

Glen Burnie Gardens

       Being that it is a very hard winter for some folks and

 that we are well past mid winters day let's think of gardens.

(To see an update of this post go to 
Glen Burnie Gardens In Winchester, Va.)