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I have noticed that if I make a writing mistake on a tag even with a powerful marker, it will come off right away pretty easily. So I...

Fresh Sharpie ink comes off well with rubbing alcohol. Once it sits for a few months or even a year, not so well. I usually have a...

sharpie ink? doesn't that come off with rubbing alcohol? i don't like extra stuff in the gardens to have to work around so i do all my...

I label the pots for my transplants with a Sharpie as well as labels. I used to use a cleaner called Mean Green and it took it off with...

It’s a tricky one! I’ve had some marker pen fade away in sunlight too, so it’s easy to get caught between one that’s too indelible and...

Not a fun task, Heirloomgal. Tags are an important piece of the gardening puzzle. I've tried multiple methods and found myself...

I'm getting tags ready for the bean plants right now, which requires me to wash them, remove the writing from last season and dry with a...

I had a lightbulb moment yesterday out of the blue. It occurred to me that I have so many seeds left from last year's marigold that I am...

Tarahumara Bakamina One of two surviving half-runner beans, the second one was Tinker's Fire. The others were washed away by water...

I understand you can make money now translating ancient (from the 1700's) cursive writing. I would like to cash in.

we make up for it by grabbing them with our toes and flipping them up in the air and then catching them... ok, it's a fantasy, just go...

A new bean arrived today, Elortza. Comes from the village of Elortza in Spain's Basque Autonomous Community. It's a bush dry bean.