Guides
What we learned building our own pool in 2014 and swimming in it ever since.
The order we built our natural swimming pool in, from digging to the first swim, with the mistakes to avoid at each step.
A natural swimming pool stays clear because plants and bacteria eat the nutrients before algae can. Here is how the filter, the plants and moving water work together.
A side-by-side look at a natural swimming pool and a chlorine pool: build cost, running cost, maintenance, winter and what it is like to swim in.
Real costs for a natural swimming pool, from a $16,000 do-it-yourself plunge pond to a $130,000 estate pool, plus what my own 2014 build cost line by line.
Building a natural swimming pool in Utah: what it costs, how it handles our winters, permits, water and what we learned from 12 years swimming in ours.
How a natural swimming pool handles freezing winters: cutting back plants, when to pull the pump, protecting plumbing from ice, and swimming through the ice.