The last time I wrote about the plant markers I was so excited to have found something that would not vanish with the rain. It snowed on Tuesday and guess what vanished with the rain... the writing. Apparently, the nail polish pen I was so excited about wasn't nail polish at all. The actual nail polish fought through the snow without one scratch but the writing didn't make it. So, when I was done adding the Perlite to my raised bed yesterday I grabbed them all and trashed them. I must admit I acted a bit impetuously but I was only thinking those didn't work, now what? What I should have done was kept them, cleared off any "nail polish" pen that was left behind and written the names in black nail polish then glued them to the paint mixers I'd gotten from Home Depot. That was the original plan, to glue them to the paint mixers if they made it through the snow...
Once I got inside I instantly regretted throwing the tiles away. I could have just rewritten the names in black polish. I was so cold I didn't want to go out to the garbage and get them so I decided I would just remake them. I had already remade the carrot markers because the carrots I am planning on planting are two different types. I wanted the markers to reflect each type. Before I remade them I took the mixers and drew the veggie and name directly on them. I thought that might look nicer then the tile. It didn't. Then I used paint markers and drew the name and veggie on it, that didn't look good either. So, I started remaking the tiles and even though I had to write the words with a brush they came out pretty well. It was time to glue the tiles to the paint mixers. I grabbed them and a saw and started to cut them down to a more reasonable size. They were originally about 1.5 feet long. I cut them down to about 9 inches. Then I took tile glue that my mom happened to find and I happened to pick up and put it directly on the wood mixer where the tile would sit. At first, I had some trouble getting the glue out which was strange because I'd just tested it. Then I noticed glue was getting on my hand. From where? I looked and couldn't see where the hole was until I squeeze again. There was a hole on the top of the bottle before the screw. I ended up having to use the hole. It worked fine and I glued each tile to there stick.
They came out just OK. I don't know if I like them as much as my first tiles except for the carrots but I like them enough to use them.
Slips in water...
Other than the markers I checked on the spinach (container & faerie plot) and the sweet potatoes. The spinach has been germinating for 9 days and shows no signs of life in either spot. The sweet potatoes have been in water for 3 days and I've already seen some growing roots. I was so psyched to see that but it made me wonder if the spinach will ever grow considering it took my sweets such a short time to show some action. I need to either replant or keep waiting but I think I might replant and keep waiting. See which one turns out first the seeds started in MG garden soil, backyard soil or the seeds I start in organic potting mix. Want to take a guess?
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