Garden Markers

Garden Markers

Oh, my, where have these been all of my life??

I have to confess, I used to use black magic markers, only to find them either faded or wiped off before I did whatever I was going to do with what was supposedly labeled. And then I saw these Garden Markers, indelible black ink for writing on all sorts of garden-related items. And permanent so they should not disappear!

Old blind slats make great handy plant labels used with Garden Markers. (Photo by Charlotte Ekker Wiggins)

If you don’t mark your plants, it’s helpful to do so especially in seedling stage. I’ve tried a number of options over the years and keep coming back to this simple one: repurposed, cut up blinds. Not only do I like the size but they tend to last longer than popsicle sticks, paint sticks and other wood products, even after the wood has been treated.

So to make these handy, I store both the blind slats and the Garden Marker in an old glass milk bottle I used to put flowers in.

This old glass milk bottle nicely holds my Garden Marker and blind pieces for labels. (Photo by Charlotte Ekker Wiggins)

If I find something better for the Garden Marker and blind pieces, I may give the milk bottle flowers again. In the meantime, I’m ready for spring!

Charlotte