Reddit mentions: The best patio umbrellas & shade

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Ol' Florida boy here, so I'm aware of the pain.

First, you need a good offset umbrella. Get the offset, so that the pole isn't in the middle of everything. Deck chairs are up to you. Everyone has their own comfort level for chairs.

I recommend a big ass fan that you can put far away, and that can move air across your whole area. If you're so inclined, a fan mist kit can help a lot too. This may or may not be convenient (or necessary) for you, depending on your setup.

I'm an outdoorsy kinda guy, and I'd rather hang out outside all day than sit inside. As such, I recommend Adidas Climacool Shirts. They make other styles than the golf/polo shirt type, but the fabric is amazing in the heat.

Keeping with the staying outdoors all day theme, I always recommend a good hat to keep you cool. Hats are, of course, a personal preference, but anything with a nice wide brim, and plenty of ventilation is great.

Now, a cooler isn't necessarily required, however, if you're the cooler type, then you can't go wrong with a stainless steel patio cooler. If that's a little outside your budget, maybe go for a plastic one. Those Marine Ultra ones can hold ice for days without a problem.

If you've got the cooler, but you're more of a mini keg kinda guy, you could get a jockey box kit to slap up in a cooler. If you had a decent sized cooler, then you could still keep some sodas or water in there.

Now, I don't know about you, but when I'm chillaxin' out by the bbq, I like to get down with some tunes. You can get some outdoor radio setups for pretty cheap. We always managed to hide speakers under the roof overhang, and this seems geared towards it right out of the box.

Now, I'm not much of a TV guy, but if you're hanging out with the friends and family, especially in the autumn, someone's gonna demand to watch the football game. I have a crappy little 32" TV that I like to pull out and connect to the stereo, so we can put the game(s) on. Get one you like. That was just the first one I found for under $200. The one I've got is an older model from Sharp, and has a matte finish on the screen, so the viewing angle is very wide, and it's pretty easy to see, so long as there's a little shade over it. Also, $200 isn't a critical loss of cash if it gets rained on. Though in the 5 or so years I've been pulling the TV, it has never gotten wet enough to be a problem. (It rains nearly every afternoon during the summer where I'm from in FL).

Those are just some ideas, and not a comprehensive list. I didn't mention anything about mosquito control, as I don't think I've ever heard anyone refer to Texas as "swampy".

It's been discussed. I love the location and I guarantee I had the coldest tent in the land.

My tips:

For the past 2 years I've seen people try it to shade their tent by putting standard blue tarps on them. While this does provide some shade the issue tends to be that the tarp makes contact with the tent. This does not allow for air flow and actually insulates the tent to be hotter. If you attach your tarp and then with some strings pull the corners out and away from the tent, this will allow a for greater airflow and thus a cooler tent to.

This year I purchased one of these and it was the best idea ever.

Rovey 70% Knitted Aluminet Shade Cloth Panels Sun Block Reflective https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07DD6NDK1/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_NLW2Db1X5HTME


Using the same trick of pulling the corners out in allowing air flow this hands down kept our tent at least 5 to 10ﾟ cooler in direct sunlight with out the ac.


As far as the air conditioners they used last year. I saw many people having common issues like water in their tent or the airconditioner not actually being cold. The 1st reason for having water in your tent would be not draining your air conditioning they did not include hoses so this was something that needed to be done daily. Doing so also improves the efficiency of the airconditioner. 2nd, you must take all of the filters out I believe last year's air conditioners had 5 of them. This will greatly improve the air flow into the unit and out of the unit l. 3rd I saw several people take their exhaust hose and push it up to the screen vent in the bottom of the tent to. What should have been done is the hose needed to be placed outside the tent and the air conditioner as close to the door as possible. The reason for this is that the screen at the bottom of the tent inhibits the air flow from getting out and actually pumps more hot air into the tent. Lastly have the air conditioner as close to the door as you can. it definitely helps to keep one side of the tent flap door open, you really do want air circulation coming in from outside as the air will generally be cooler as the tent starts to cool down. Once you reach and nice temperature you can close up the tent still leaving the hose hanging outside.

One more thing a small pop up canopy over the front door as a bonus shade to have the air cool before it gets inside.

I really do hope this helps anyone dealing with the heat next year.

A sunshade would be ideal, I move mine under a tree during the hottest few weeks of the summer but something like this helped a lot.

For fertilizer, I couldn't recommend fish emulsion more. It's at any home depot or lowes and you just pour a few tablespoons in with your normal watering--super easy and amazing results. Just to seal the deal, I put in a few drops of Superthrive, especially when moving plants outdoors or into new containers.
These are all things I found from this subreddit so I hope they can help you as well! Oh yeah, and this videoshows lots of great tricks to beat the heat

So i initially thought it was something about daffodils but then I looked up Didaoffle and it turns out its some kind of shade to help your plants grow.

In the product description they helpfully put "Didaoffle understands that your plants want to have sun protection, that's why we are ready to make their dreams happen."

My best guess is that all promo material for this product is written by the mods over at r/surrealmemes...

Throw up a triangular shade cloth and make a little nook for whatever and whoever? Do you have dogs? If so, you could give them a comfy little area that’s shades if they don’t have any real shade source. Or throw up a shade cloth and build a small pond! Or a shade cloth and a small private hot tub area, A huge fairy garden, a pizza oven pit or put up one of those kickass, super comfy swing or bench! Or frame and then pour a concrete pad and add a gate...that’s make for some good storage area....like for smaller playboat yaks or any yak that would fit. Can you take down any of the panels to the left and make it a few feet wider? If so, depending on where it’s located, a tiny tiki bar would be sweet with just a couple shade cloths for shelter/shade and just a cheaper roof than building an 1980’s style slanted roof out of wood. I guess I’d need to see the whole yard and where this little nook of opportunity is physically at and go from there....that and what kind of budget your working with.

Triangular Shade Cloth

Comfy Swing

XXL Hammock swing

Eno Double Nester

☝️☝️☝️I personally have one of these (Eno Double Nester) and everyone loves it!

Here is a Gorge supply list I put together last year. I thought it might help.

If you have any other questions, I'm a 10 year vet of the Gorge, just PM me. I'm happy to help. I love helping people have a good time there.

I would also like to let you know that it is a good idea to bring other shade to the Gorge.

Canopy

Sail

Sounds like you're using the ubiquitous Kodiak tent. If you're building the Playa Labs flat-top shade structure, make sure you build it to their full 8' height specification. You'll want a little airflow between your roof shade and your tent. Assuming you get your parts at Home Depot, the 1" EMT conduit is indeed made of steel. I decided against this route myself - it has a ton of long and unwieldy pieces - but it's also the cheapest and most DIY option.

I settled on the Costco carport with the peaked roof, but I discovered the hard way that the roof peak takes away a bit of the coverage from a standard 10x20 piece of shade cloth, so I had to get extra-long bungees to accommodate the difference. And unfortunately the structure isn't quite high enough on the sides to be modified into a standard flat roof. On the plus side, packing and transport are much more manageable (shorter and lighter poles).

Speaking of the roof, I use a custom dual-layered white/aluminet shade cloth (aluminet side up), and off-the-shelf 90% black polyethylene for the sides. I don't imagine the color of the cloth makes a huge difference if you have appropriate space between your tent and your structure. Ventilation and breathability feels like the most important piece of the equation.

(Also, of course, secure the shit out of your shade structure, no matter which route you choose.)

I love monkey huts, but I've only ever built them for larger communal shade structures, so no comment there.

Aww yiss, black cats! I have tons of cat things in my wishlist but I think the "Yours, Mine, and Noir's" duvet cover (on my primary "Need = Want" wishlist) totally fills the bill with black cats GALORE! It's from ModCloth, not Amazon directly, but it's been on my Amazon wishlist for a while now!

On my "Want → Wear" wishlist, I have the Romwe Cat Face Dress and the CYTPrimeDesign cat face stockings, as well as a number of black cat tee-shirts from other sellers. My favourites are the "Cat hair is lonely people glitter" and "Cat hair is the new black", both from LookHuman.com.

On Amazon directly, I have both a BAMF rifle style umbrella (on my "Want > Need" wishlist) and the even-cooler Kikkerland saber umbrella (on my "Want > Wallet" wishlist), both of which I would so totally open inside. Mostly so people could see how cool they are.

Also, 13 is my lucky number! :)

I tried the Senz but to me it felt gimmicky, you still have to point the umbrella in the right direction against the wind so its not any more windproof than any other umbrella.

My favorite umbrella is the Totes double vented umbrella, but any other double vented umbrella will work just as good (Ive heard Gustbusters is probalby the best but also expensive)

http://www.amazon.com/Totes-Vented-Canopy-Stick-Umbrella/dp/B005FOJ9YY/ref=sr_1_2?s=apparel&ie=UTF8&qid=1414558884&sr=1-2&keywords=Totes+Vented+Canopy

Since its vented, with light wind you can walk without having to adjust the umbrella for wind

Welcome to adolescence! Reactivity can surface during this time, even at things that didn't bother her as a puppy. A few management tips:

- Line your fence with a privacy screen for now: something like this

-Bring her inside for a "time out" as soon as she starts barking. When she calms down, bring her back outside. If she starts barking again, repeat the process

- If she has specific triggers, give her high value treats as she looks at the trigger. This will create a positive association with the thing that is setting her off

I went searching and found this!!! There are lots of sizes to choose from. My tent is 9x13, so the 10x14 should be perfect! I am pretty excited about it since my group is used to Maplewoods shade and this year we got GL for the first time.

If you're cool with looking silly, I recently bought this umbrella hat from Amazon and it's pretty darn awesome.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B013QV0MYS/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apip_1kbnBQiqUWJCB

Most companies will custom make one for you. It might cost you a bit of money but you're going to get a top notch quality product.


You could also buy something like this and fold it up on itself. They sell hand stitching kits for these if you don't have access to a sewing machine.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06WD5QFXZ

+1 on the Costco Shade Sail advice. Shade canopies like those can reduce the heat in the area underneath the sail by 10 degrees or more. If you want a higher quality shade sail solution Tenshon Shade Sails are top notch and are super affordable when considering the quality. They are made to hold up better than the cheaper sails during bad weather and high winds.

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6. Yay summer!
   
7. One of my favorites
   
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9. Delicious
   
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11. Father's Day This would be for my husband. It is his first Father's Day this year!
    
12. 'Murica!
    
13. My son's favorite!
    
14. It'll last all day!
    
15. To get us in the mood
    
16. Good thing I brought a hat!
    
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    This was fun!

e.share 40% Black Shade Cloth Taped Edge with Grommets 10 ft X 12ft https://www.amazon.com/dp/B074Y59T69/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_7HgmDbD7S5ZV0

This is the one I got. Seems pretty sturdy for the price point. Grommets are pretty nice. Can’t speak on how it holds up to weather yet.

I use these shoe deodorizer inserts:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00YCT5EA6/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_V3U8BbNWKW824

And this is the spray:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B076KSBGG6/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_X6U8BbH3YDNK2

I also use a powder on my feet / in my shoes in the heat of summer (I live in a super humid, super hot place) so I need all the help I can get. It has helped immensely. I used to have to actually trash shoes because they’d smell so bad, but with this method I can’t even tell I’ve worn them usually. And my closet smells amazing.

Thats what I was thinking. Like, dude, get smaller bases like these ones and pound them right into the stage and boom you could fit like 50 or 60 more flags up there. Its very un american not to do that. https://www.amazon.com/umbrella-resistant-searching-portable-feeders/dp/B00CGE3ZI2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1469193458&sr=8-1&keywords=small+flag+base

You need shade netting. The plants still get enough light to grow but you keep the majority of the sun off of the soil so the roots don't get as hot.

For next year, increase the density of your plantings. You want them thick enough so that after they get their third or fourth set of true leaves, they are shading 50% of the soil. You can always thin them out later of they get to crowded, but you need to keep the sun off of the soil if you want them to grow!

We use this as a sun shade, great for privacy as well. You can hang between wood posts or something if needed

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B000P7JL0S

A lot of people use washing machines just fine but I tend to steer away from it.

The key is to just do preventative cleaning, especially if you live somewhere where there's snow, slush and salt to deal with. I'll wipe my shoes down with a damp rag or just a hint of soap for wiping away the easy grime and any spot stains. If they get really dirty I give them a scrub with a brush and some Jason Markk.

If you clean proactively, it's a lot easier to keep your shoes fresh. For odors I use a couple of these to rotate between my pairs. Not an instant fix for a really bad pair but keeps everything smelling fresh: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00YCT5EA6/

I use [these](Natural Shoe Deodorizer & Odor Eliminator Removes Moisture & Odor From Shoes & Bags. Better Than Sprays, Sneaker Balls, Powders and Last up to 2 Years. (130g) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00YCT5EA6/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_Rrppxb14YFFN3) when I'm not using my shoes

Due to its design it does sag a little, but the holes don't really stretch out much after the first week. I just took off the zipties and retied it after the first week and it's held up for over three months now. I didn't double up the netting and it worked fine.

https://www.amazon.com/Agfabric-Sunblock-Shade-Cloth-Plants/dp/B00LO0JPHO/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=sun+shade+gardening&qid=1566446962&s=gateway&sr=8-1

I mean, wouldn't that depend entirely upon how high up in the sky the blocking material sits? I don't find it unreasonable to assume that a few thousand million drones could suspend some type of sun-blocking lightweight fabric in the air over a city.


Mmmm, lets do some math. This nice product here blocks 90 square feet and weighs ~4 lbs. Assuming a drone can carry 20lbs, you could theoretically get 360 square feet of coverage per drone (per 20 minutes). Springfield is ~ 15.2 square miles, and Google tells me that 439,000,000 square feet. This means we'd need not only 4.87 million pieces of fabric from Amazon, but also 1.22 million drones.

Now, a million drones might not be a lot for Mr. Burns (actually $300 million is quite a bit), but lets consider the amount of energy that would be required to hold such cloth in the air. Drones burn ~300W to hover while holding such weight. With a million drones, that gives us 366 000 megawatts of consumption. Interestingly, the smallest nuclear power plant produces 500MW, while larger ones (such as the one demolished in Oregon in 2006) produce 1130 MW. This means Mr. Burns would use 25-50% of his own power plant's production just to block out the sun.

That's enough math for now.

I would have to say its heat stress as Im also an Oklahoma grower and It's been a hot one! They are bouncing between vastly different temps and its just stressing them out. My suggestion would be to try just sticking to indoors on the super hot days. If that is not an option, consider building some plant shades https://www.amazon.com/Agfabric-Sunblock-Shade-Cloth-Plants/dp/B00LO0JPHO

If it does end up being mites, I suggest Green Cleaner.

I want this more.

What about this instead?

https://www.amazon.com/Luwint-Diameter-Gardening-Umbrella-Headwear/dp/B013QV0MYS

Fo' drizzle: https://www.amazon.com/Luwint-Diameter-Gardening-Umbrella-Headwear/dp/B013QV0MYS/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1503554785&sr=8-4&keywords=umbrella+hat

For downpour: https://www.inflatable-zone.com/free-shipping-water-walking-ball-ball-of-water-ball-on-water-for-sale.html

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Get one of these and you'll never have to apply sunscreen again!