Trees, Shrubs and Conifers: many home-made labels, 1 by shortleaf

shortleaf wrote:
I kind of threw in the Sharpie part, actually she didn't say Sharpie, just a "black marker".
I thought they were about the same thing, only a Sharpie writes better, but if it doesn't work well, I wouldn't use it either, thanks for mentioning that ecrane. Actually what comes with some labels from Wal-Mart that I've purchased is a small pencil, maybe a "grease" or "carbon" pencil of some sort. I also bought a "Martha Stewart" plant black marker (from Kmart, $2.99 I think) thats supposed to work well, but it hasn't been thru much time yet.

Speaking of lumber, I am going to buy a 6 foot section of privacy fence (about $40) that has pickets 6 inches wide, and make rectangular planter pots out of them. I don't know if they'll come painted in red, or treated, maybe both, I don't recall. What I plan on doing with those planters is building them in rectangular shapes to fit exactly beneath a trellis, 15 inches long, one on each side, on the ground. It would be the width of the pickets all the way around to make for minimal cutting also (roughly 6 inch ends). I plan to have no large cracks that roots can get out of, and always drilling and using screws. That trellis goes on sale at Harbor Freight Tools for $5.99, reg. price $8.99. 6 inches deep wouldn't hold a fully mature vine or other plant of course but one could put a Wisteria, Climbing Rose, or other vine in there and it would look nice for a few years. The trellis is 4 feet wide so it could even go over a walk-way.
I already have three trellises, so when I get the extra money for the privacy fence section (and find the one I want), I'll get started! And you thought 44 ounce Sonic cups (and lids for squirrel protection) to plant seedlings, McDonalds drinking straws for trunk protectors on seedlings (to confuse and thwart squirrels possibly), discarded plastic box fan grilles over (screwed into) made 2 x 4 seed boxes (for squirrel protection) and plastic Kitty litter jugs for planting was the end! Geeze, some of the piles of things I have in storage must look like rubbish!

Just some of my ideas,

Will