My New Shade House
Ok, Guys, hope I did this right. This is my new $20.00 shade house. This will be the first year that I try growing them outside. I took the frame from our old motorcycle "shed". The cover had rotted but the frame was fine.
We had a bunch of rough sawed white oak boards and left over wire from when the property was fenced to keep the dogs in. I milled the boards down to what I needed and got to work on the benches.
Then started to fit them in place.
Finally added the shade cloth that a good friend of mine gave me. It was a huge piece that I cut down to fit my needs.
The structure sits with the open ends N and S. The west side will get additional shade in the late afternoon due to a row of huge pine trees just across the property line. I put 2 layers of weed cloth on the ground and a third layer over the walk way in the middle. We had that left over from a previous project. It has 4 earth anchors keeping it solidly on the ground. I still plan to put "curtain" doors on the ends for times when I want to try and trap a bit of heat or can open them for the extra breeze. I am also going to string a wire above the benches to hang my mounts from. I had to purchase screws and drill bits only.
So, what do you all think?
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