Protect Your Garden From HEAT With SHADE CLOTH For Incredible Results!

In this video, I share how to protect your garden from heat with shade cloth! Shade cloth is my secret weapon for gardening in summer heat and sun. Whether your summers are persistently hot, you're subject to heat waves or you're at higher altitude, shade cloth is the best tool to reduce heat stress in your summer garden. Make problems gardening during heat waves a thing of the past! Keep your garden thriving all summer long, even in very hot climates.

Nearly all gardeners can benefit from using shade cloth in the garden. Shade cloth isn't just for gardeners at low latitudes or high altitudes: gardeners at higher latitudes will benefit, too. Most annual vegetables we grow are understory species, and they suffer when UV index climbs to 8 or higher. This is the cause of most garden diseases and pest infestations: the plants get weak from sun stress, and the insect pests and plant diseases take over. Reducing stress by installing shade cloth overhead will dramatically improve plant health, reduce insect problems, increase harvests, reduce watering needs…it's the best investment I've ever made in my summer garden!

Shade cloth can also be used to stop or slow bolting in cool season crops, making it valuable for use in spring and fall as well, not just during summer!

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
0:00 Introduction
0:53 Why Your Garden NEEDS Shade Cloth
4:39 When To Install Shade Cloth
6:46 How To Install Shade Cloth
8:27 Installing Shade Cloth On A High Tunnel
12:44 Shade Cloth And Wind
14:56 Reducing Irrigation And Controlling Pests
18:25 Adventures With Dale

If you have any questions about how to use shade cloth for summer gardening, want to know about the things I grow in my raised bed vegetable garden and edible landscaping food forest, are looking for more gardening tips and tricks and garden hacks, have questions about vegetable gardening and organic gardening in general, or want to share some DIY and "how to" garden tips and gardening hacks of your own, please ask in the Comments below!

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34.1°N Latitude
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