Here’s a plant marker for mint that grows directly in the soil on the North side of the house. It got planted there due to the least amount of sun and the greatest amount of moisture throughout the Texas year. Directly in the ground would make other gardeners in other places quake in their boots because in most places it would just spread all over the place and take over, but in Texas I’m lucky it’s even survived. It’s amongst grass and needs to be avoided with the lawn mower hence the need for a label. So here’s how I made this. I got an old cheap wooden spatula. Labeled it with a permanent marker. Colored over that very thoroughly with white crayon, then colored the other parts with light brown crayon. Then, I ran a lighter over every part of it just until the crayon melted and ran, so the wax would kinda work its way into the wood and make it somewhat more waterproof. My hope is for it to last longer outdoors in the elements like that.
Update from 1/23/25: The plant marker and the crayon is still there. The sun has bleached the permanent marker right off it. I’ll be adding black crayon to label it and hope that stays.
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