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		<title>Garden Canopies</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A garden canopy is a standard canopy structure with a mesh tarp, and, as mesh tarps allow 30 percent of light in, they can be used for covering plants and creating low light.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Spring is officially here, and one characteristic of the season, and even into summer, is creating a garden. Whether you’re creating a garden from scratch or are reviving a garden from last year, creating the ideal environment for plants is crucial. As most plants require some type of light to grow, putting them in the proper place in your backyard is necessary, with the proper shade or light amount needed. Plants require one of three types of light to grow: high light, medium light, or low light. Some even require very low light.<br />
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If your backyard or planting area isn’t equipped for low light plants, one way to create a low or medium light planting area is with a garden canopy. A <a href=http://www.a1tarps.com/category.jhtm?cid=7>garden canopy</a> has the same structure as a shade canopy – a galvanized or powder-coated steel frame and a mesh tarp as a canopy. Mesh tarps are used for this purpose for outdoor shade for both plants and people, as they allow air and light to come in through the material but not a significant amount. While a mesh tarp typically lets 30 percent of sunlight in, the tarp itself for the canopy is a woven polypropylene cover. Like any ordinary canopy structure, a garden or outdoor canopy can come with a flat or slightly peaked roof and is available in various sizes to cover your outdoor area.</p>
<p>If you’re considering planting low or medium light plants in your backyard or garden and shading them with a garden canopy, some popular low light plants include: bleeding hearts, holly bushes, various ferns, philodendron, spider plants, prayer plants, sansevari (a snake plant), cast iron plants, and Zamioculcas Zamiifolia, also known as the “Z” plant. As a general rule for deciding whether a plant is low light, medium light, or high light, plants that are darker green in color and that don’t flower typically require low light to grow.</p>
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		<title>Mesh Tarps: for Use on Trucks, Construction Sites, and in Gardens</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mesh tarps are typically used as outdoor tarps and on construction sites, as they often allow some light through the polypropylene material but are UV resistant.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mesh tarps are another type of tarp that is used for a variety of covering purposes, including use as a tarp for a truck, in construction, and for a garden. Mesh tarps are unique in that a tarp blocks 75 percent of sunlight and allows 25 percent through, as well as air. The material for a mesh tarp is polypropylene and is treated to be UV resistant. While medium and heavy duty polyethylene tarps seem to be the most standard, mesh tarps have their own niche in which objects they protect better. </p>
<p>A mesh tarp is used typically with materials or objects that do need some protection but can be exposed to some sunlight and water. One common use for a mesh tarp is as a truck tarp, and that can be as a flatbed truck tarp or as a dump truck tarp. Mesh tarps are used to transport materials like sand and gravel that can be exposed to sun and water, while materials that need protection from water are often covered with a polyethylene tarp.</p>
<p>A mesh tarp can be used around the home as a canopy and as a garden tarp – both of which would utilize a steel canopy frame. As a garden tarp, a mesh tarp is beneficial for outdoor plants that require only a small amount of sunlight. This can be for ferns, holly, bleeding hearts, and other outdoor plants that require shade to grow. As an outdoor canopy, a mesh tarp can be used instead of a polyester or polyethylene covering for a tent to allow some sunlight and air in but will still provide shade.</p>
<p>Mesh tarps are further used in the construction industry much like a truck tarp. But outside of simply covering materials that can be exposed to water, a heavy duty mesh tarp is used as a privacy fence tarp. This type of mesh tarp is constructed out of the came polypropylene knit as an ordinary mesh tarp, only the material blocks 80 percent of sunlight. These tarps typically line the fence of a construction site to keep materials from blowing out, which is particularly important for construction sites directly next to the sidewalk in urban areas. These privacy fence tarps are six feet tall and fifty feet long, and this size makes them ideal for protecting pedestrians and lining the edge of a fence.</p>
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		<title>Tarp Bill Proposed Again in Arkansas</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 17:15:28 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>State Senator Kim Hendren has been, again, trying to pass a state law requiring trucks transporting gravel and sand to have a tarp covering the load. The rest of the story can be read <a href=http://www.nwaonline.net/articles/2009/02/22/legislature/022309lrlegsessionweek.txt> here</a>.</p>
<p>While the bill has been proposed regularly since 2001 and rejected by the state House, it is up again for Arkansas state Senate and House vote. The purpose of the bill is to protect cars behind trucks carrying large loads of small materials that can easily be blown away by the wind and hit passing or behind cars’ windows and cause scratches or worse damage – particularly if a car’s window is open.</p>
<p>One of the uses of a tarp is to protect a truck load and can easily be put on either manually or automatically by the truck itself. The tarp can be of any material, but it should be of a lightweight but still heavy duty material that all workers can lift. For materials that can be exposed to water, such as with sand and gravel in the case of this news story, a mesh tarp would be appropriate. If the transported material needs to be protected from water during travel, a vinyl or polyethylene tarp is a better choice for a truck tarp. In addition, a truck tarp needs to be of a specific size to fit the load of the truck, and a tarp being used on a truck should have an additional row of D-rings. </p>
<p>How should workers put on a truck tarp? The workers should grip onto the tarp and not just the ropes to apply it and remove it. When the tarp is put over the load, the winch straps are only over the load and the tarp is on top of the straps. The tarp shouldn’t be too loose, as it would experience wind whip and tear, but not too tight, either, as this will cause strain in the material. In addition, the truck tarp should be checked regularly for tears – as it would be useless then. To be checked for tears or holes, the tarp should be laid on a flat surface to be examined for holes, rips, and tripping hazards. Sharps corners should also be padded, with foam, cardboard, and carpet pads protection during travel.</p>
<p>To prevent flying gravel and sand particles during transport, a truck tarp is a logical solution to not only protect the transported materials from the elements but to protect the motorists from flying particles, as well.</p>
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