Abstract: A self-supporting fabric container is provided. The container can be made of a fabric that has binder and base fibers. The container can be manufactured by forming a container shaped from a production fabric and heating the production fabric to a temperature between the melting points of the base and binder fibers. The product fabric is cooled thereafter to form a rigid, self-supporting fabric pot.

Abstract: A woven pool cover fabric comprises a thermoplastic warp yarn and a thermoplastic fibrillated weft filling yarn, providing at least 95% shade. A woven swimming pool cover having polyolefin warp yarns and fibrillated polyolefin weft yarns is lightweight, water permeable, and provides at least % shade, thus preventing algae growth and debris accumulation in the pool, as well as facilitating ease of installation and removal of the cover.

Abstract: A single layer ground cover (10) preventing weed growth comprising a fabric (12) providing at least one degradable portion (16) running lengthwise of the fabric and having opposed edges (18,19); and a non-degradable portion (20) adjacent the opposed edges of the degradable portion, wherein the degradable portion comprises from about 5% to about 75% of the area of said ground cover, and wherein the degradable portion substantially degrades before said non-degradable portion after exposure to ambient conditions. A method for facilitating tree growth and preventing weed growth comprises providing a ground cover comprising at least one degradable portion and at least one non-degradable portion; locating the ground cover on a section of ground to be planted; cutting a hole in the degradable portion of the ground cover; planting a plant within the hole; and covering the ground cover with soil sufficiently to at least bury it.