Pepper Stadium Shade Cloth
Channel: tessler65
Date: 2022-05-30

I show how we installed a shade cloth over the pepper stadium to protect the peppers from the relentless afternoon sun during our long, hot summers. It is a very similar concept to the tomato trellis shade cloth shown in other videos, but is put together a little differently.

All hardware shown in this video can be purchased at a local hardware store (we got everything from Lowe's and Home Depot, including the clothesline). As husband reminded me in the comments, the shorter fence posts are 6' not the 5' figure I said in the video. (Thanks, dear!)

The smaller bits and pieces (bungees, carabiners) were purchased at Dollar Tree. I have purchased similar items from Everything's A Dollar in the past.

The 30% shade cloth is 8' x 12' and was purchased from Amazon last year. I used it to cover the garden trailer and it worked really well then, too.

In a week or two, I will upgrade the bungees to small chains. We can get chain in bulk from Tractor Supply so I'll probably get four lengths of 18" or so. Installing the chain will most likely involve removing the large D connector from each post and sliding the chain on. Easy peasy.

Let me know if you have any questions or recommendations for improving our current setup, or suggestions for future videos.

Thanks for watching!