plastic plant markers

Any good ideas for plastic plant markers??
Those in the store seem expensive!!

Cut up sections of the levers of old mini blinds and use a sharpie to write on them.

Thanks 'YankeeCat'!!
Will give it a go!! Great photo!

might want to put some tape over the sharpie to make sure it stays... mine wore off after a while

Use plastic picnic knives.

I stick my seed growing markers in the ground after transplanting, but ordinary felt pens seem to fade under the sun. I'm trying "Industrial Strength" Sharpies this year, and I also write on the back with ordinary #2 pencil, which seems to last at least a year without fading.

Paint pens work well too.

Hi!
Pencil on vinyl mini blind works great, black Sharpie OK, but red fades fast!

Commercially- I got some 8 inch long white plastic ones from Pinetree Seeds for my dad. That was the only place of several that had them that big.

Hope I'm not butting in, but with the snow I'm feeling more Northeast today.

sally your welcome anytime -

As it is said so often, " you are northeast of somewhere". Good to see you here.
I stop in from time to time on the mid-atlantic one, too. There are quite a few threads I watch, and pipe in now and then.
I think I'll be trying the old mini-blinds. Until now, I've never marked anything, but I'm learning, cuz this brain has too many 'moments'.

Hi, thanks-!
flowerjen came to our trip to Longwood Gardens last year- fun gal!
I used to remember everything........Now I'm so glad for dried up stuff in the garden to help me figure out what's there.
I came over to see if any of you had the starlings in your yard. todays news in NJ.

Yes, have had them for about a week. I don't like them. Is there another trip to Longwood planned? I LOVE it there. Or to the Phila. Flower Show?
OOps!, back to markers. I definitely will be using them this year. There is a set of blinds in a bedroom, that are bent ( a little) I may just have to use them and get new ones. LOL. I can hear the conversation now. "UMMM honey, you know those blinds......" LOL

Sally, I don't think any of the Jersey girls on this forum live where the birds fell. I would have freaked out if I stepped out in the morning to see that. The residents should have had some kind of warning.

Longwood...sounds like another road trip :)

you are not kidding... I told Randy I would have freaked out and called a bunch of places... thinking there was something in the air or water

If your blinds are too long, like mine, and you didn't bother to adjust when you put them up, you can steal a few out of them without really showing., except if you let them all the way down, which you wouldn't do if they were too long past the windowsill.
clear as mud?

If there's any talk of MidAtlantic going to Longwood again, we'll be sure to holler!

Thanks, Sallyg

Lol, Sally. Then that makes me a 3-timer. NE / Mid-A/ and PNW. BTW, you all need to check out the different garden tours in PNW.
Tillysrat and Pixydish in WA., Laurie in the UK., and Sofer in MT. Great ideas. Make sure you get a cuppa something and sit a spell and enjoy them.

Thanks for the suggestion Jan. It sounds like the perfect thing to do on this snowy day.

Thanks for all the suggestions on plant markers. Cutting blinds is 'not' my thing..will end up cutting my fingers..like using plastic knives..will get some white ones. Would be nice if we could all meet at a garden show....would be fun!
Won the greenhouse on e-bay it's 12X7X7 it's green and has roll up windows on the side......dome top...thought that would be better holding in wind...will put it up ( with help ) for April..will start my seeds in March...plan to plant outside mid May...still have to order vegetable seeds, cucumbers and squash..looking for disease resistant ones..had lots of mildew last year..got great buy at Lowe's on clearance flower and vegetable fetilizer...have enough for the year!! This does help later on when I have things already prepared or bought..
Depressed with Massachusetts weather!! Need sun!!

Even a light grey sky would be an improvement. I think we are suffering from light depravation.