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One can use discarded plastic venitian blinds. They can be found discarded on trash day. Cut the strings that hold them together and cut the slats whatever length you prefer. Generally they are white and I use a pencil to put the name on them. These I stick in the ground. If one prefers to tie them on a stake, just poke a hole in them and use a bread-bag tie.
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If I had 250 children maybe I would need a grease pencil to label everyone of them. ![]() ![]() ![]()
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I use the same idea as b54red and that is pink surveyors tape (available at HD, Lowe's, etc.) I write the name with a sharpie and it is good for one season. I also have the little
white stakes at the base and scrub them with steel wool and WD-40 to re-use them. Worth....just wait till you get to my age and you will be glad that you tatooed your kids' names on their foreheads. It is embarrassing to them now that they are in their fifties, but very helpful to me!! Plus, I can never remember where I put my map. I am just lucky if I can remember where my garden is. I do have a map showing where my garden is, but I can't remember where I put the map. I have another map, but can't remember what it is for. Last edited by Alpinejs; November 8, 2012 at 09:11 AM. |
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Worth, that is so freakin' funny!
I do a lot of canning and since you can't can with the same lid twice, I repurpose them by using them as a toato tag. Hammer a hole into the lid with a nail and string the lid to the tomato cage! Voila! |
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Join Date: Feb 2011
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pdxwindjammer.....using the system that you just described, wouldn't that give you a lot
of tomatoes named "Mason"? |
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In the 70's I ate a few that were named Magic Dot and some called Kerr.
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Or Ball.
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Careful using survey tape. I had a project long ago (work-not garden) where I diligently staked out locations with wood stakes, flagging them with survey tape marked with an ID label that was keyed to an ID and description in my field notes. That night a windstorm whipped off the ends of the tape along with the ID's keyed to my field notes. The boss berated me for not simply writing the ID no. on the wooden stake.
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All,
Back to the labels subject, I have a Dymo LT100 (Walmart) like $25. (uses 1/2" tape in a cassette) Binder clips in many sizes/colors = cheap. Here's my photobucket link http://s494.beta.photobucket.com/user/simmran1/library/plant labels
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I print names of tomatoes on the non washable foil (laser printer) and I glue them on the plastic tables (picture 1) Lables used in my garden in 2012 from May tu October (picture 2) |
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Join Date: May 2012
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Go to homdepot or menards or lowes or any place that sells siding and buy a few short peices of white siding. Then cut it up with scissors into what ever shape you want. It's siding its meant to last for a long long time outside.
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Join Date: Feb 2011
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I have never tried this as yet, but thought about it while gardening. How about the spring
type clothespins? Write on one side with a sharpie and clip to a cage, ring or bucket rim. The next year, write on the other "leg" and after that, retire it to the clothespin bag. |
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This is so easy get some gaffer's tape use this tape is used this movie and photography work. And a sharpie permanent marker put the tape together on the stick. It will be OK for over 2 years.
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Join Date: Feb 2011
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Filmnet.......yeah, but what if I plant something other than black cherry???
Actually, my question is where do you get gaffer's tape? Thanks. |
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