"Gail Futoran" wrote in message
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"Reel Mckoi" wrote in message
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"Gail Futoran" wrote in message
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Maybe your two were already a bit weak and the
heat stressed them? But shade is definitely
a good idea. Home Depot, Lowes, sometimes
Wal-Mart, sell shade cloth.
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None of these stores carry shade cloth here in middle TN. Evidently
they
don't sell it in all areas.

Bummer! I guess I'll stop complaining about all the
things I can't get in Southcentral TX (like snow
shovels - don't ask, ok, there's a legit garden use).

## A worker at Lowe's told me shade cloth is used mainly by greenhouse
owners, it's more a specialty item. They would not have enough call for it.
Even the farmers Co-op didn't have it. You'll probably have to "import"
snow shovels from NH. :-) Some stores here carry them but we get little
snow.

When I was in NH visiting my sister her local
Ace Hardware store was a marvel to visit.
(Here they're almost all gone the way of the
dinosaurs.)

## We still have some ACE Hardware stores here. The help is knowledgeable
and personal, but the prices are higher than other places.

Perhaps a different kind of home
improvement/hardware store would carry the cloth.

## We've run out of places to look and call. I'm using old thin and lace
window curtains. They're over the pools behind the house where looks don't
matter and are working. I had a huge box of them saved from over the years.
I'm depending on water volume and water lilies to keep the ponds out front
cool enough for the fish.

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