Shade sails
Reading the comments on this posting from Apartment Therapy, it seems that these outdoor shade covers are quite popular in Australia. If you have large, sun-baked expanses of garden (unlike myself) this might be a way to reclaim part of the garden for daytime enjoyment.
shade sailsWant shade and can't build an arbor or install a big roll-out awning? Whether you are heading up to the roof or out to the backyard, we have found that Shade Sails are the best things around for creating a lot of shade on a lower budget.
Originally developed in Australia, where canopies were made of sail cloth, these new versions are made of a synthetic knit fabric that blocks 90% of the sun's harmful rays, is super light and impervious to moisture and mold...posted by epersonae to garden to-buy
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posted by Douglas at 1:39 PM
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We have two of these, overlapping somewhat -- a square one and a triangular one. They work very well. Our back yard is quite small, and what's there is mostly concrete; these help to cut down dramatically on the concrete microwave effect, as well as shade our large kitchen windows, helping with the heat.
Cool. Thanks for the "real world" info.
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