Re: Re:labels
- Subject: Re: [iris-photos] Re:labels
- From: K*
- Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 09:15:23 +0000
I have tried many things and have found our hot sun bakes most plastics and
completely bleaches any writing whether permanent ink or paint. I tried
metal stakes from an old miniblind I replaced. I cut the pieces and labeled
with a Brother labelmaker. It is working so far, but am only in the second
season.
Good luck.
Kitty
imboswor@hr.state.ks.us wrote:
> Almost as bad as not marking your Iris when planting thinking you'll
> get to it later...or making a map of the flower bed marking where
> each iris is planted only to loose your map....
>
> Speaking of that can anyone give me a cost effective (cheap) place I
> can purchase (or easy for a non industrial woman to make) markers,
> tags for iris's. Ones that look acceptable and yet will hold up for
> many seasons? I open for ideas.
>
> --- In iris-photos@y..., "Deb Barone" <customart@u...> wrote:
> > I'm reviewing a ton of photos I took at my first visit to an iris
> garden a
> > month or so ago. Everything was in bloom, and I took three rolls of
> photos
> > on film and loaded the digital camera with the rest.
> >
> > I didn't take a notebook.
> > <oh, the lessons we learn>
> >
> > I'm thinking it's hopeless to try as a beginner to locate the names
> for
> > these iris. I will take them (printed out) to the gardens when I
> pick up
> > the order.
> >
> > So, in case anyone else is also a new iris addict and has never
> experienced
> > the overwhelming "Oh, honey, LOOK!" and total disregard for
> recordkeeping...
> > Don't forget your notebooks.
> >
> > <foolish grin>
> >
> > Deb
>
>
>
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