I've shared this tip with a few folks around here and they all said I should tell more people. So, for what it may be worth, here goes: I start everything I can from seeds, many, many dozen each year. Some things are direct seeded in the gardens, but many are started inside. Especially with tomatoes and peppers it's hard to keep track of which is which. I needed a way to label them. What I came up with is using "Craft Sticks". Most folks call them popcycle sticks. I get mine from the craft section of Wal-mart. They are un-treated wood, cheap (150 sticks for about $1), effective and biodegradable. I use a ball point pen to mark them because they will mark and cut into the sticks. I mark them with a two character code keyed to that year's what-to-plant list. For years I haven't confussed any seedlings. Peace, poor_old_dad
LOL Reminds me of a friend who use to "garden" around clearings in the woods and the edges of pastures. He said his biggest problem was hungry cows. Peace, POD
I like to use (in my garden, with the big plants) those big wooden sticks you get from home depot to stir your paint - i only had two so i used one for my soybeans and one for my peppers, i used acrylic paint to write the name of hte plant and a little soybean/pepper
