I have an elevated veggie garden in our backyard and I want to be able to erect shade cloth to shield my veggies from the brutal summer sun. If you look at the pic, the shade cloth can be attached to the fence on the western side quite easily, and to suitable hooks to be installed on the white beam above the grey shade cloth. But I will need to install a pole at the bottom corner next to the drainage grille in order to elevate the north eastern corner of the shade cloth. The shade cloth would only be needed at the height of summer when its really hot so the pole would be removed after the hot weather has finished. I imagine that the pole could be a star picket, but how do I make housing that will fit it - and which will be nearly flush with the ground and which I can put a cap over at times when its not being used. How to go about this?
