Yes, and if you include on your spreadsheet a column for Planting Date (Year) and Source, you can sort the data by those and have all the labels for the same order or year together to cut and paste to a new file to Mail Merge into Word for printing labels. If I’m planting daffs in batches, I sort by Planting Date first, then Source, and I get all the bulbs I ordered that year and from that one source.
Weatherproof white mailing labels, available at office stores, will last for years and fit the metal Eon rose labels. I think I learned this from you, Bill. I have not been able to find the clear labels any longer that are really waterproof. I bought some off the internet this year reported to be waterproof and they were not. I’m having to replace all those now with the white ones. The clear ones looked better than the stark white in the garden, but I’ll go with what works. Eon Industries, who advertises in the Daffodil Journal, is now online here:
http://www.eonindustries.com/catalog/
Some of us just have that organizer trait, which comes in handy if you grow lots of daffodils and want to keep track of them! ;->
Becky Fox Matthews
Hi Becky,
I can get the clear labels at office supply stores here in Knoxville, Office Max and Staples. Jon has also ordered from the internet but I am not sure where but I think from the Office Max catalog.
We coat the labels with Plasti Dip spray. That we have to order over the internet and spray two or three times and it is fantastic. Once in a while we can get it at our local Harbor Freight store but not always.
The label stakes rot away and have absolutely no problems with the labels.
I was in a hurry one time to send some labels for a gift and didn’t have any Plasti Dip, so I used some Rust Oleum from Home Depot. It was the clear matte spray, no yellowing, UV resistant, but I had to spray 10-12 times before I was comfortable with it but you could tell the label was sealed because you could no longer feel the edge of the label. That may work great but I know the Plasti Dip works and it is hard to use something else.
Lindsay Long
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Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape in the new year.
Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape in the new year.