Market Farming

[Pat Meadows <pat AT meadows.pair.com>]

On Mon, 11 Jul 2005 12:02:32 -0400, you wrote:

>
>Hi All,
>   I have some frames made for putting shading above lettuce / salad
>beds.  Do any of you think that i can used one or more layer of row-cover
>stapled onto it or is official "shade cloth" necessary for success? We
>are trying to avoid purchasing another product for this.....trying to
>recycle all materials possible.

I've used black 'landscaping fabric' (this is some kind of
woven fabric, not plastic) for shading lettuce.  (I use it,
basically, because I have it.  I can't remember why we
bought it in the first place.)  I've also used old sheets:
both have worked well for me.  

Pat

-- northern Pennsylvania