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| This is my outside collection of herbs and vegetable seedlings. As you can see I use a lot of labels to identify them, and a convenient way to make labels and reuse empty milkbottles is shown below. |
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| We use two of these 2 litre plastic milk bottles every week, and it seems such a waste to just throw them in the recycle bin when they're empty. Each of the milk bottle's side panels will make 4 plastic labels. Cut them out with a pair of scissors. |
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| Trim the curved edges off the panels and cut each of them lengthwise into 4 pieces. Trim the labels to a point to make it easy to push them into the soil. |
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| I store them with my seed collection, which is kept in a sealed box in the fridge. |
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| Use the labels to distinguish varieties of plants like tomatoes. They all look alike to me at this stage in their growth, so labels are very handy. Use a permanent marker pen to write the variety name on the label. |
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| This is my cold frame full of heat loving plants. When the plants get dry, I just stand them in water in the white tray for a couple of hours. I only use the labels once in case they become infected with mould or some other pest. The supply is continuous so this doesn't present any problems. |
