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Comments (13)That's really good info about the lead in the mini blinds, Julie. I have mini blinds on my windows so I replace them as I need tags. I never would have thought about a hazard while cutting them; I'm just joyous that I don't have to clean them! hmmmm. I've been trying to find usable tags similar to the mini blinds. I've gotten knives in plants at our plant trade but they are a little thick for my taste. I'd rather have something that looked like a real plant tag. The official plastic plant tags crack in half when weathered. I use too many to buy the metal ones. I also am barefooted most of the time in the garden so try to avoid anything that might hurt my feet! I'm still using the foil tape on the blinds until I find something different. That said, I like the idea about the colored plasticware! I was looking for an idea on how to easily mark my annual containers since I've gotten away from labeling on the outside. I think if I tuck a bright colored knife in the pot, it will be easy to identify when I'm trying to sort out in the spring when the covers are still on!...See MorePermanent Markers for Plant Labelling
Comments (8)The Aluminum tags from LV are supposed to be used with a ball point pen. Put on a pad of paper, and press fairly hard. You aren't writing ON the aluminum. You are engraving INTO the aluminum. You won't see any ink transfer. Avery makes a line of weatherproof laser labels. They work for at least 5 years. Shippers supply carries "Art Line" paint pens. These work well on coreplast. (Corregated plastic from Home Depot, Rona, etc.) Get the black. Yellow and blue coreplast seem to be quite resistant to sunlight. Use a bent coat hanger as a stake. I've had these last for at least 5 years....See MoreOK, Seriously, Permanent Markers
Comments (24)I had never found really satisfactory plant markers until two years ago when I used a black ceramic pen (from Michaels) and wrote the plant names on old china/ceramic plates that I bot at yard sales. I then baked them in the oven to make them permanent per instructions. Partially buried in front of the plant they give a nice cottagey look to the garden. It is a bit of work altho kind of fun to make them and they are breakable altho you'd have to try I think. I got the idea from someone's blog. The ceramic pens come in various colors altho I thot black would show the best. I initially tried to match the flower on the plate to the plant but quickly gave that up as I didn't have enough plates to pick and choose. In some cases I did color match - yellow plates to yellow flowers, etc....See MoreFading Markers
Comments (29)Actually, I use a DR brush cutter because my mower couldn't handle some of the tough stalks of perennials. I wait until late fall when everything is completely died back. I am old and I am dealing with acres. If I couldn't do clean-up this way, I simply wouldn't have the numbers of gardens I now grow. The mowing has never hurt anything and it is all nice and neat in the spring. Also, I don't rake any dead stuff -- it is a great way to self-mulch. My ground is rich and fertile. I used to leave it all and go over it with the mower in the spring but prefer doing it in the fall so the refuse can decompose under the snow over the winter. Yes, the birds don't get the seeds from pods this way but they have acres woods with plenty of spent wild flowers to forage through....See Moregrant_zz
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