Swimming pools blog

We are in the process of completely draining our pool so we can give it
a good cleaning and checking. It will be the first time since we put it
in 5 years ago. Any recommendations on cleaning it?? Last year, we had
a momma duck (I call her slutducky) and her babies in the pool for a
while, then this week, slutducky and her two suitors were in the pool.
And, with all the wind, etc., there is a lot of leaves, etc at the
bottom. So…we decided rather than trying to vacuum and dump chemicals
in to get it clean, we would be better off draining it.
Any suggestions???
Thanks
Larry