Wednesday, August 12, 2009

What's in a name?

I admit to being a little bit obsessive/compulsive about my greenhouse and plants. This might come as a surprise when you consider how often I'm surprised by a lovely flower and I have no idea what the flower is!

I have experimented with various plant labels over the years; I finally have a reasonable strategy: after I've placed my online orders for seedlings, I use my label maker to make labels. I affix the labe
ls to whatever media I've selected for that year (wood stick, plastic stick, or plastic tag). Sometimes the seed packets come with slick little tags, but these
usually have short stubby ends, so I staple them to a long plastic marker. I alphabetize the labels so that when I'm potting up the seeds it's relatively easy to find the right tag quickly and easily. Voila!



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