Stainless steel or plastic garden markers?
Jasminerose, California, USDA 9b/Sunset 18
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Stainless steel garden markers
Comments (8)Anyone who would prefer to go and get your garden markers instead of mail ordering them, might want to look at a place called Argyle Acres---if you are anywhere near the north of Dallas area. Actually they seem to do mail-order only all year except for their open house starting April 11. They are an iris farm, not a rose source. I have only just found their website, but I intend to go to their open house next month and carry away some markers. I'm also VERY happy to find an iris farm closer to me than Arkansas. Let me try to add their website: Laura Here is a link that might be useful: Argyle Iris Farm...See MorePermanent markers, etc
Comments (9)Mini-blinds work well for labels. Pencil is the longest lasting marker.I use a childs large, fat pencil and write large. Use a mouse pad and indent the plastic as you print and the impression will be there after the mark is gone. The plastic will get brittle and break, eventually,so I use two tags.Try to start out with less brittle blinds. Heavy aluminum foil(can material),and copper foil, thusly indented, last for many years. I have buried them in containers,close to the surface,for years. 26-24 guage telephone wire, with the insulation left on, works well to tie mini-blind tags on,for breeding id tags. The absolute best marker is stainless steel. The cheapest way to have that, is to visit thrift shops and yard sales, to buy flatware knives,with solid handles,without much decoration,so they can be written on. The best way I have found to mark stainless, is to use a Dremel mototool and a diamond bit. I use two of those markers. One, on one side,visible,the other, on the other side,below the surface. If you put them at the edge side of the plant,the offsets won't grow into them. There is no such thing as an indelible pencil,or a permanent marker.No one has been able to develop them, without the chemicals which were once in them. Good luck tagging. Del...See MoreFor those of you who use the stainless plant markers
Comments (9)what label maker??? i have removed brothers ptouch clear labels with a heat gun.... or left on asphalt on a hundred degree day ... and probably a hair dryer ... but i never tried that .. what it did... was make the label rubbery enough that i could lift a corner with a razor blade ... careful not to scratch the surface... and then peel it off with needlenose pliers ... do i need to tell you to be careful.. they will be hot ... after that.. and they cooled down.. goo be gone.. or some such.. removed the adhesive ... but they had cooled completely by then.. i didnt try vaporizing and breathing whatever was in the goo ... the point is... is that the clear label is not allowing the adhesive remover to get to the adhesive... so get rid of the label ... do not try to scrape them off cold steel with a safety razorblade .... you will scratch the heck out of the stainless ... been there.. done that .... but only once ... seems that the clear labels harden over long periods in the sun ... if you turn the label bubbly... you probably heated it too much ... [now that i think about it.. that might have been my first try with a blowtorch... lol] ken...See MoreUtility sinks...worth the $$? Stainless Steel too ugly??
Comments (41)I don't think a utility sink is a necessity, but it is convenient when you need one. Our last house had one in the laundry room. We had babies and young children then, so I was soaking a lot of clothes in there;) I used it for the mop and to clean up after painting. It was conveniently located right next to the washer. I took the sink out of the laundry room here to make more room for hooks and benches and gear. There is a utility sink in the workshop in the basement, and I haven't used it much, but I am glad it is there. Cleaning up after painting outside is a great idea and I have seen that done, but I live in WI, so that is only possible for half the year....See Moremustbnuts zone 9 sunset 9
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