I make a label out of a folded section of blind. I purchase the blinds at garage sales and/or Goodwill type second hand stores. With a little luck you can find blinds with very attractive brown wood patterns. I write the plant name on both sides and on the inside. I use a fine tipped black "paint" marker pen instead of the so called "permanent" ink marker pens as the ink marker pens normally do not even last one season for me. (Having the name on the inside has been a good insurance policy). I use a flat wooden stake to make the initial hole in the ground and then insert the doubled blind to about half its height.
Henry Kuska, zone 5 northern Ohio
From: JErnst209@aol.com
To: seeds-list@eskimo.com
Date: Sunday, April 06, 1997 9:40 PM
Subject: Re: Labels
Here's a suggestion from one *earth minded*
individual...... I've had great
success with recycling the slats from my mini-blinds ( Ok, obviously they
are
cream colored, and dark colors wouldn't work) How I do it is simple.
None
of the windows in my house are 64" long so I always have a bulky stack at
the
bottom of all the blinds . I cut off the indidvidual slats ( DON"T
cut the
cords...this is disasterous), cut them into 3" lengths and then 3 more
time
length-wise. I use a permanent marker ( fine tip ) and as recently as
today
have found a couple in the garden , two years later, having been completely
exposed to the weather, that are very legible.
Just an idea...and always handy....
Karen in MI zone 5