Comments on: Hand Stamped Plant Tags http://www.digginfood.com/2009/04/hand-stamped-plant-tags/ DigginFood is a vegetable garden blog by Willi Galloway that serves up recipes, organic gardening tips, backyard chickens and coop information, DIY garden projects, and more! Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:43:58 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Jeanette http://www.digginfood.com/2009/04/hand-stamped-plant-tags/comment-page-1/#comment-3543 Jeanette Thu, 04 Jun 2009 18:05:52 +0000 http://www.digginfood.com/?p=976#comment-3543 I make my own plastic tags by recycling - I cut larger than normal tags, so they do not get lost in the garden, and I can add things like planted date; from empty bottles of heavy plastic, like Bleach Bottles. Using a Grease pencil or "China Marker" I can write on the tags and it will be waterproof, in the fall I pull my tags and wash them with soap which will remove the writting, so I can re-use them the next year. I have many in the herb or perinial gardens that have held up for years through our wet cold and snowy winters. I make my own plastic tags by recycling – I cut larger than normal tags, so they do not get lost in the garden, and I can add things like planted date; from empty bottles of heavy plastic, like Bleach Bottles.
Using a Grease pencil or “China Marker” I can write on the tags and it will be waterproof, in the fall I pull my tags and wash them with soap which will remove the writting, so I can re-use them the next year. I have many in the herb or perinial gardens that have held up for years through our wet cold and snowy winters.

]]> By: Willi http://www.digginfood.com/2009/04/hand-stamped-plant-tags/comment-page-1/#comment-3217 Willi Fri, 17 Apr 2009 14:45:23 +0000 http://www.digginfood.com/?p=976#comment-3217 Lorie--I did once put copper tape around a raised bed. It did seem to help, but that year we also had a pretty dry spring and summer, so I can't be sure if it was the copper or the weather. In my garden I now use a combination of Sluggo (it is an organic slug bait made with iron phosphate) and beer traps. The combo works really well! Lorie–I did once put copper tape around a raised bed. It did seem to help, but that year we also had a pretty dry spring and summer, so I can’t be sure if it was the copper or the weather. In my garden I now use a combination of Sluggo (it is an organic slug bait made with iron phosphate) and beer traps. The combo works really well!

]]> By: Andrea at Heavy Petal http://www.digginfood.com/2009/04/hand-stamped-plant-tags/comment-page-1/#comment-3215 Andrea at Heavy Petal Fri, 17 Apr 2009 03:52:33 +0000 http://www.digginfood.com/?p=976#comment-3215 Thanks for the love, Willi! As for the rain question, I made sure to buy waterproof ink appropriate for stamping on wood. So far, it's held up quite well through a couple of rainstorms. (I was half expecting the ink to run like crazy.) And I'm not really expecting them to last through to next year - even if the ink holds, the wood will start to rot. C'est la vie! Thanks for the love, Willi!

As for the rain question, I made sure to buy waterproof ink appropriate for stamping on wood. So far, it’s held up quite well through a couple of rainstorms. (I was half expecting the ink to run like crazy.) And I’m not really expecting them to last through to next year – even if the ink holds, the wood will start to rot. C’est la vie!

]]> By: lorie http://www.digginfood.com/2009/04/hand-stamped-plant-tags/comment-page-1/#comment-3212 lorie Fri, 17 Apr 2009 00:28:12 +0000 http://www.digginfood.com/?p=976#comment-3212 i have been puzzling over a technique i have not yet used. have you tried using copper on the edge of your raised beds to dissuade the slugs? thanks, lorie i have been puzzling over a technique i have not yet used. have you tried using copper on the edge of your raised beds to dissuade the slugs? thanks, lorie

]]> By: Eve http://www.digginfood.com/2009/04/hand-stamped-plant-tags/comment-page-1/#comment-3210 Eve Thu, 16 Apr 2009 23:47:32 +0000 http://www.digginfood.com/?p=976#comment-3210 Those are incredibly cute! Great idea. -Eve Those are incredibly cute! Great idea.
-Eve

]]> By: Rebecca W. http://www.digginfood.com/2009/04/hand-stamped-plant-tags/comment-page-1/#comment-3209 Rebecca W. Thu, 16 Apr 2009 21:18:53 +0000 http://www.digginfood.com/?p=976#comment-3209 When I was a kid my grandfather(who got me started with gardening) had a great plant tag idea. He would let all of us kids pick a Popsicle and eat it. We each got to pick out a packet of seeds and carefully cut off the top of the packet. THEN we used one of the sticks from the popsicle to poke a hole for the seed. Before we used the stick he took his cool folding carpenter's stick out to mark off the plant depth on the stick with his even cooler carpenter pencil, that he sharpened with his pocket knife. He demonstrated how to push in the stick up to the line, circle it around to make a hole then plant the seed. At the end of the row we would staple the empty seed packet to the stick to mark the row. By the time the packet had disintegrated the plants were up. When I was a kid my grandfather(who got me started with gardening) had a great plant tag idea. He would let all of us kids pick a Popsicle and eat it. We each got to pick out a packet of seeds and carefully cut off the top of the packet. THEN we used one of the sticks from the popsicle to poke a hole for the seed. Before we used the stick he took his cool folding carpenter’s stick out to mark off the plant depth on the stick with his even cooler carpenter pencil, that he sharpened with his pocket knife. He demonstrated how to push in the stick up to the line, circle it around to make a hole then plant the seed. At the end of the row we would staple the empty seed packet to the stick to mark the row. By the time the packet had disintegrated the plants were up.

]]> By: stef http://www.digginfood.com/2009/04/hand-stamped-plant-tags/comment-page-1/#comment-3208 stef Thu, 16 Apr 2009 19:56:37 +0000 http://www.digginfood.com/?p=976#comment-3208 that's true, there probably wouldn't be much rain to wash the ink out. and the clear coat is a good idea. thanks for sharing with us, willi! that’s true, there probably wouldn’t be much rain to wash the ink out. and the clear coat is a good idea.
thanks for sharing with us, willi!

]]> By: sk http://www.digginfood.com/2009/04/hand-stamped-plant-tags/comment-page-1/#comment-3207 sk Thu, 16 Apr 2009 19:09:59 +0000 http://www.digginfood.com/?p=976#comment-3207 awesome idea! awesome idea!

]]> By: anne http://www.digginfood.com/2009/04/hand-stamped-plant-tags/comment-page-1/#comment-3206 anne Thu, 16 Apr 2009 18:14:41 +0000 http://www.digginfood.com/?p=976#comment-3206 Good ideas! I hate the junky little plastic tags but need something to keep them all identified. Thanks! Good ideas! I hate the junky little plastic tags but need something to keep them all identified. Thanks!

]]> By: Willi http://www.digginfood.com/2009/04/hand-stamped-plant-tags/comment-page-1/#comment-3205 Willi Thu, 16 Apr 2009 17:31:32 +0000 http://www.digginfood.com/?p=976#comment-3205 Stef--Good idea with the label makers! I'm going to see how the hand stamped tags do. I think they'd be fine for summer crops since it doesn't rain too much, but I'm sure they wouldn't last the winter, but that's okay for me because I know the names of all my perennials. I'm thinking about maybe giving them a little clear coat. We have some left over from a wood floor refinishing project. Stef–Good idea with the label makers! I’m going to see how the hand stamped tags do. I think they’d be fine for summer crops since it doesn’t rain too much, but I’m sure they wouldn’t last the winter, but that’s okay for me because I know the names of all my perennials. I’m thinking about maybe giving them a little clear coat. We have some left over from a wood floor refinishing project.

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