Topic: Labels

[nuttyone]

A very basic question, but what do the majority of you use as labels on the allotment. The commercial variety available for seeds seem a bit small to survive?


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[Jeannine]

I buy old venetian blinds from charity shops and cut them up, they work a treat and one lasts years XX Jeannine

[wilko]

 ;) What a brill idea Jeannine

[markfield rover]

100 plastic pudden spoons for a squid ,nice bit of space for info in spoon\bowl bit!

[Tee Gee]

I buy 4" labels and erase the writing off them with a piece of steel wool at the end the season.

I find they last me for years.

Incidently my mate and I buy them wholesale by the thousand (much cheaper).

[Daisy_Jane]

I resorted to cutting up milk cartons at the weekend .... they are working ok, the white plastic obviously a bit better than the clear ones  :)

[caroline7758]

I've used cut up ice cream/ margarine tubs in the past but am going to try Jeannine's venetian blind idea as I've got a couple of old ones and I want BIG labels that I can't lose!

[kitten]

I've tried the milk carton thing in the past with little success, but this year we're going down the lolly pop stick route - writing on them with a permanent marker.  Hope they'll work ok!

[knbsallotment]

We tend to cut up 2ltr plastic bottles. They work a treat, and you can make them as big as you like.

[pye]

I buy 4" labels and erase the writing off them with a piece of steel wool at the end the season.

Ditto, except I use an HB pencil to write on them and a rubber to clean them up (can't touch wire wool, makes my teeth itch just thinking about it :-[)

[Pesky Wabbit]

I dont use labels as such, just different colour sticks (2"*1" and about 18" long). Cheap enough to buy and bang into the ground. Just paint them with sampler pots or what ever I have kicking around.

Then make a note of what the colour signifies. Keep a copy in the shed, one in the car and one at home - in case any get lost.

[Jeannine]

I don't understand XX Jeannine

[Pesky Wabbit]

Currently I've got :

4 Blue sticks identifying where the Aquadulce are buried (one in each corner
4 Pale blue for Bunyards Exhibition
2 White for the garlic (one at each end of the row)

The onions dont need marking

2 White & yellow for the Red Duke of York (one at each end of the row)
4 White & green for PFK (2 rows)
2 White & black  for Accent
6 Yellow and black for Desiree (3 rows)

2 Red for the peas
4 White and blue for the carrots (2 short rows)
2 Magenta for the radish

etc

[manicscousers]

" I can sing a rainbow"..like your style, wabbit  ;D

[kt.]

Packs of 100 wooden tongue depressors. 3x larger than standard lollipop sticks. Cost about £2 per pack from most chemists such as Boots or Superdrug. Or try here for buy 2 get one free:

http://www.genmedical.com/store/index.html?lang=en-uk&target=d5.html

[thegroatgardener]

Hey, Pesky, not much good if your colour blind !

[caroline7758]

Tempted by those, KT!
Can anyone remind me what is the best non-fading pen to use on plastic?

[markfield rover]

The two I use are Mr Fothergill's waterproof marker and' Sharpie' permanent marker
bought from Tesco last year, both still going strong.

[Blue Bird]

Thinking of doing the same as the old man a bit further down does

has old flat piece of wood with stapled label on and re writes on it every year

[Zoglet]

I write the contents of all my drills in a lil ol note pad, that way I can add any extra info I might need- when I remember! :)