Re: CULT?: THE BEST PLANT MARKER
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- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] CULT?: THE BEST PLANT MARKER
- From: M* S*
- Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 12:01:26 -0700
From: "Mike Sutton" <suttons@lightspeed.net>
Hi Cindy,
We used to do pretty much the same thing with bailing wire. As we got
larger and started using bigger tractors we found the cultivator and tractor
would pull the sign out of the ground. Not a good thing. So we switched to
the much lower profile redwood stakes.
Mike
-----Original Message-----
>From: "S&C Rust" <srust@fidnet.com>
>
>Mike, my aunt makes markers out of old mini blinds, too. But, she
>straightens out old coat hangers, cuts them in half and bends an s-shape on
>one end. She punches two holes in the mini blind section and threads it
on.
>You do have to turn your head sideways to read the name, but it is cheap
and
>these markers never heave. She just uses a labeler that you would find
tape
>for at Wal Mart (but here label maker is from an office supply house; much
>better quality) ...these labels never come off and the color lasts about
>three years before fading...
>
>Cindy Rust, Missouri, Zone 5b
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