This spring I made some garden stakes to label the plants in my garden. Click here to see how I made them. I promised you an update, here it is...
I'm proud to report the labelled stakes have been working wonderfully! They are holding up in the rain and elements. I definitely recommend taking some time to make these labels for your garden.
The labels add the finishing touch to the garden!
As Always,
Sandra
This spring, I will be putting in a garden. In previous years, I have used scrap pieces of wood or whatever was handy at the time to label the plants in the garden. Not very pretty!
One year, I got a little creative. I labelled a recipe card with a name of garden plant using a Sharpie. I then inserted the card into a Ziploc bag and stapled the bags to wooden stakes. I thought I was protecting the recipe cards from moisture by placing them in the Ziploc bags but stapling them to the stake made enough of a hole for the moisture to find a way in and ruin the labels. Some of the bags made it though the season but many ripped off in the wind.
So this year I'm trying a new idea...
I've already bought my seeds for spring. You can see my seed organizer idea here. Since I knew the names of the plants, I used excel to make some labels. I used the same process for the hallway labels. After printing the labels, I cut each label out and placed them in the laminator sheet. Next, I ran the sheets through my laminator. Cutting out each label after laminating, I made sure to keep the seal around the outside. Hopefully no moisture will get through this time!
I bough some little white plastic garden stakes from Home Depot and used some heavy duty double sided tape to stick the laminated labels on the stakes. Soon I'll see if the tape will hold up to the elements. Fingers crossed!
The picture above has a pair of scissors in it for a size comparison. The stakes are small and will be low to the ground, so hopefully the wind won't rip the labels off the stakes.
I'll let you know how these garden stakes hold up this year! (Click here for an update!) What do you use to label your garden?
As Always,
Sandra
I've decided to organize my seeds for spring planting. Hard to believe that spring is a few months away since we just got a foot of snow here on the weekend!
I used to keep my seeds altogether in a cardboard box. I'd take the box out to the garden and it would get damp or wet sitting in the grass or on the ground. The seed packages would end up scattered all over the inside of the box because it was too big to hold the seeds.
This spring, I will be trying out my new solution...
I've used old Huggies wipes containers to hold the seeds upright. This should also work better because the containers are plastic so they can easily sit on the ground or grass without having to worry about them getting wet or damp.
I've split the seeds into two containers. The first container has the garden seeds, sorted alphabetically. The second container has garden seeds (approximately the last quarter of alphabet) and flowers and herbs.
I sorted the seed categories alphabetically and used small bits of card stock to separate the categories (eg, carrots, corn, peas...). I labelled the card stock categories with my labeller to easily locate the categories. Now instead of hunting to find my seed package, I will be able to find the one I need quickly!
How do you organize or store your seeds?
As Always,
Sandra
