The Verity Smith Hay Bale Pool — 200K Likes and Counting
UK farmer Verity Smith posted a TikTok showing how she and her family built a swimming pool out of hay bales on their farm, and the internet lost its mind. The video — captioned 'How we made our hay bale pool, it's actually a lot deeper than we thought it would go' — racked up over 200,000 likes and nearly 2,000 comments. The build is beautifully simple: stack large square hay bales in a rectangle, line with silage wrap plastic, add a tarp, and fill with water. The hay bales provide structural walls sturdy enough to hold thousands of gallons, and the whole thing costs essentially nothing if you're a farmer with bales sitting around. The video sparked a global hay bale pool movement, with farmers across the UK, US, and Australia building their own versions every summer since.
The single most viral hay bale pool build video, with over 200K likes. Hay bale pools represent the purest form of redneck swimming innovation — using materials you literally already have sitting in a field to create something that costs thousands of dollars to buy commercially. Verity's video is the patient zero of the modern hay bale pool movement.
| Cost | Essentially free (farm materials) |
|---|---|
| Materials | Hay bales, silage wrap plastic, tarp |
| Build Time | A few hours |
| Tiktok Likes | 201,800+ |
| Tiktok Comments | 1,743+ |
