Simple Seedling Markers

     In a week or two, the unseasonably cold weather should moderate and my portable greenhouse will stand ready for plant transition. Dozens of seedlings in my windowsill starters (see post on 2/28/11) are crying for more space. Case in point are these Sweet Million and Rutger Tomatoes, which were transferred into cells this morning before getting too spindly. In order to identify them come planting time in early May, I have found a frugal way of making plant markers from a recycled milk jug.  Scissors are used to cut up the jug into rectangles, and plant names are written on them with a Sharpie pen. These labels are durable and even reusable. Ah the smell of tomato plants - truly a token of summer!