veggie lables and seed tape - winners!

the garden has been calling. it is that time of year!

so, i dedicated the morning to filling the first planter box with rows and rows of veggies-to-be.

but before putting on my work gloves, i made some quick garden vegetable lables. each year i wish i had labled the rows....."are these snow peas or sugar snap peas? what type of lettuce is this?"

 enough of that! 

and they took just a few minutes to make: 

first, i walked around the garden gathering straight twigs.

then, i shaved off a small section near the top of each twig with a pocket knife.

using my leather letter stamp set, i pressed each letter stamp onto an ink pad and then lightly hammered the letter imprint into the twig spelling the name of one of this year's vegetables: 

spinach, carrots, sugar snap peas, cucumber, lettuce, radish.....easy, peas-y.

spinach 

something else i discovered that will/has made gardening even more enjoyable this year is seed tape!

why hasn't anyone told me about seed tape? it's brilliant!

talk about cutting planting time in half, i mean it.

- seed handling is easier

- perfectly straight rows

- just lay tape on well worked soil, lightly cover with 1/2 inch fine soil, 

basically just making sure the white tape is covered

- there will be less or possibly no seedling thinning needed

carrots, you're next!

have a lovely weekend.