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by charlieart66
Tue Dec 11, 2007 12:04 am
Forum: General chatter
Topic: Remeber me; The wooden plant label guy?
Replies: 2
Views: 1970

Remeber me; The wooden plant label guy?

Hey Guys, I don't know if you remember me, but i was 14 year old (I'm 15 now) guy who originally started asking for info about plywood plant labels. I just wanted to say thanks for all the help you gave me! I've recently brought a machine that means I can gold leaf text onto my labels, may that be a...
by charlieart66
Mon Oct 15, 2007 12:13 am
Forum: General chatter
Topic: Growing Lavender
Replies: 4
Views: 2859

Growing Lavender

I don't know if this is the right place, sorry :S Hey, I Was just wondering where to get some lavender from and how expensive it is as I really like the length of it and how the stalk can be threaded to make display, Are there any other plants like this? I used to have a field growing by my house......
by charlieart66
Wed Aug 29, 2007 7:55 pm
Forum: Birds, Animals and Livestock
Topic: Birds
Replies: 7
Views: 7055

Birds

How easy is it to get birds regularly coming into your garden and possible even nesting?

Is it just as simple as putting up a bird house or some feed?
by charlieart66
Sat Jul 21, 2007 12:53 pm
Forum: General chatter
Topic: Famous Gardens
Replies: 1
Views: 2076

Famous Gardens

Just wondering if anyone has or knows of any famous garden in which would be interested in receiving some free plant labels?
I was thinking maybe the princes garden or some English heritage sites etc..
by charlieart66
Tue Jul 03, 2007 1:27 am
Forum: General chatter
Topic: Best wild seeds
Replies: 3
Views: 2572

Best wild seeds

i was thinking of collecting some wild seeds to give away with my plant labels, but i am unsure which ones to go for. Foxgloves and hollyhocks have been suggested, but tbh i dont think i even know what a hollyhock looks like.
Any ideas?
by charlieart66
Fri Jun 15, 2007 1:41 am
Forum: General chatter
Topic: Real wood labels.
Replies: 9
Views: 5917

Importing a chunk of American oak across the Atlantic then chopping it up for plant labels seems horribly wasteful to me. i don't order it especially, i just take the offcuts away from a local timber yard. if i were not to take them away to make labels then that wouldn't stop anyone from ordering t...
by charlieart66
Mon Jun 11, 2007 11:07 pm
Forum: General chatter
Topic: Real wood labels.
Replies: 9
Views: 5917

Real wood labels.

i've relooked at my options and ive decided to mainly scrap the plywood and go for real wood labels, in a variety of different wood types. they look amazing are 100% environmentally friendly,the problem is that they can be very expensive to make and i have to sell some of the real nice ones, like ch...
by charlieart66
Thu May 31, 2007 10:09 pm
Forum: General chatter
Topic: Wooden plant labels.
Replies: 4
Views: 3496

Nice one Charlie. A worthy experiment! I find the plastic ones go brittle very quickly too. If it's new plywood which you've bought especially for the purpose, then there are those who would argue that that is itself a very "un-green" way of doing things - Plywood takes a lot of productio...
by charlieart66
Thu May 31, 2007 2:42 pm
Forum: General chatter
Topic: Wooden plant labels.
Replies: 4
Views: 3496

Wooden plant labels.

seeing as plastic plant labels are ugly and bad for the environment i made a set of birch plywood. untreated they last about 6 months in the ground and if i preserve them (un-environmentally friendly) then they last for up to 6 years.
any thoughts?