Garden Shading

The summers in central Texas are very hot, it can get up to 100° for several months in a row. Therefore I have decided to try shading my garden to see if I can extend the season.

I started by buying six ft T- posts and rebar plastic caps. I set the height and width at four feet. I then strung wire from post to post tying it to each post. I use clothes pins to attach the shade cloth to the wire.

I built the structure that will hold the shade cloth first so I could measure the exact length and width to which the cloth will be attached. This doesn't seem important at first, but when you go to install the shade cloth you find out how important it is to have the grommets meet before the wire for easy and secure attaching.