Comments on: Sun and heat protection

By: Astrid

Astrid — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 20:51:03 +0000

Great tips – as not professional gardener I do sometimes forget things
thanks

By: Melina

Melina — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:54:29 +0000

This is really useful advice. We live in Adelaide, where it is certainly scorching weather already. 43 degrees today and it’s only November! I went to my local hardware store this week to investigate shadecloth and found that it comes in different strengths. I couldn’t figure out what was the best weave to select. Thank goodness for the technological age – reduces trial and error! I googled “organic gardening in australia shadecloth” and up popped your post. thanks! – Melina
Glad to be of help, Melina. We have been keeping an eye on the national weather, and really feel for you down there. – Lyn

By: Colleen

Colleen — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:15:35 +0000

thanks for this – I’ve been thinking about this a lot in the past few weeks because of the severe scorching my vege garden suffered last summer. I have heaps of irrigation poly (the small diameter one). Irrigating on town water is out of the question nowadays, so I think I’ll use this poly pipe with bamboo stakes and sprung bulldog stationery clips to keep it in place. I’m a bit busy to be sewing the shade cloth. This should save water and tender plants and will replace last year’s improvised shade attempts.