sf wrote:
>
> I'm not much of a gardener so I'm only familiar with shade fabric and
> haven't known about anything red before this. Is the mulch cloth
> secured between plants in any way? How do you get water to the
> plants, is it porous?

Best way I've found to shade the soil for long growing plants is to
spread radish seeds all around. They grow quickly, the roots stay
shallow and provide a lot of shade on the soil for the bigger plants
(like tomatoes). That soil shade keeps it from drying out so quickly
in hot sunny places. You can even harvest some radishes early on. :-D

G.