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Re: Labels

Never heard of a black paint marker? Brand, Source?? 
Am having trouble seeing this doubled blind setup. Can describe another way?
I also put name on both sides.


At 11:47 PM 4/6/97 -0400, Henry Kuska wrote:
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>      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
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