SoCal Home Gardening

When July and August hit Southern California, the days warm up an the intensity of the sun peaks for the summer. This unfortunately comes with a price - Suncald, Heat Stress, Heat Damage, or Sunburn - whatever you call it this is important to take care of and can be done with a sun shade.

My Exposed Bell Peppers in Full Sun

Put in Screw Eyes in Each Post

Connect the Sun Shade to the Post With a Caribiner

Protect the Sides

I also come down the east and south edges of my sun shade to prevent sunburn from the exposure to the sun on the edges of my Bell Peppers.

This is the South Side - Almost Finished Installing!

Finished - Here is how it looks!

I Use a 55% Sunblock Sade Cloth

This is what I bought Last Year to deal with this problem and it lasted throughout the 2023 season and was in fine shape to use it again.

I Bought a Grommet Tool Kit

To fasten the sun shade to my four posts, I bought a lifetime supply of grommets with this Grommet Tool Kit, which worked out quite well, and will probably come in handy for the years to come.

Simple Screw Eyes in the Four Posts as Connection Points

Simple Caribiner (Spring Link) To Connect the Sun Shade to the Posts