Nice wooden Labels -RECYCLED!

[billbradshaw]

I've hit upon an effective, nice looking and green way of producing labels for marking the rows out as the seedlings emerge.
We recently replaced an old Venetian style (cheap!) blind which I initially broke up into small bits for the fire. My Mrs doesn't like me growing food unless things are REALLY neat, including the labels, and she really likes these.
I grabbed a load of slats and cut them with scissors into label sized lengths and have now started using them (biro works well on them). They are easy to re-use aswell, a bit of fine sandpaper cleans them right off! Ace!
Love a bit of recycling!

[phil the shed]

hey bill great idea....
i broke up a door yesterday with the louvre(is that the right word) slats and the OH was binning them in the recycle bin when i thought row labels. so spent an hour last night rubbing down the top 8 inches to right on.
told my sister in law today and she has one of those wood etchers that burn the name in,
she said she will do it for me and then i can varnish them to protect them
lucky eh!

[Two_Sheds]

I didn't get round to using my louvre slat labels this year (all the white paint's flaked off because I was too lazy to varnish them), but I might have a go at making these in school out of the odd bits in our shed: Garden Plant Markers

I also use these pebble markers at school ~ pebbles bought in DiY store ~ it's illegal to take pebbles from the beach . Acrylic paints, write on them with white coloured pencil and again, they last longer if varnished

I bought some polymer clay last year for £4 and never used it ~ we might have a go at some of these this term: 18 Creative Garden Markers To Make: {DIY} : TipNut.com

[Aisles]

Great idea

I'm use old wooden ice lolly sticks for seed trays and for the larger pots when potting on.

I have sticks that were last years holly cutting that I take the side shoot off. Then I use a selection of gloss match pot paints to dip the tips into. Then I have a colour coding list in my gardening journal saying what colour tipped holly stick is what veggie.

[VirginVegGrower]

Those wood burning tools were in Aldi or Lidl recently. Mr VVG makes me seedling crates which I etch up with the burning tool.

[Aberdeenplotter]

I use aluminium venetian blind slats. They cut with a scissors and can either be scratched through the paint or just written on with a pencil/pen/w.h.y.