Re: Labels
From: Pat Bass <bpbass@gj.net>
Glenn Simmons wrote:
> From: Glenn Simmons <glsimmon@swbell.net>
>
> Dianne Dalla Santa wrote:
>
> > Lately I have been converting the labels to being
> > held horizontally above the ground in holders my hubby makes from old
> > fencing wire.
>
> Hello Dianne,
>
> I have been trying to figure out how to make label holders out of wire also. Can
> you describe how your husband forms the wire to hold the labels horizontally? The
> only way I have been seeing this is to have the label hanging vertically from the
> wire holder and I don't like this approach.
>
> Glenn
> Glenn-- I am not Dianne, but I will share with you how my tags are placed. My
> husband went to a furnace installing company, and had them cut for him some
> rectangles 2" x 3 1/2" cut from galvanized sheet metal. When he got them home, he
> drove a large nail in the center of the 3 1/2" side near the top, and put wire
> through it and curved it around so the metal tag would hang horizontally. The wire
> to stick in the ground was anywhere from 12 to 14" long, so they will not be lost in
> the tall leaves. I use labeling tape to write TB, SDB, etc. in the upper left
> corner, the name of the cultivar across the center, and the hybridizer and year of
> introduction in the lower right corner. This has really worked for me. They do not
> rust, the labels stay on through snow, rain, hail, hot sun, etc. Yes, they show in
> the iris bed, but that is what they are there for! That way, if anyone comes to see
> my iris all the information I need is right out there in the yard where we are
> viewing the iris if there is any question of its name, etc. Don't know if this
> would work for everyone, but it has proved satisfactory for me for about 20 years!
Pat in CO, where we had shirt-sleeve weather today again. Supposed to be snow on the
way and really cold temperatures this weekend.
> Glenn & Linda Simmons
> Springfield, Southwest Missouri, USDA Zone 6
> g*@swbell.net
>
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