Last year I purchased from Image Supply a Brother P-Touch PT-1880 label maker that is battery operated and therefore very portable, and it uses the TZ 3/4" tape that is laminated so it holds up and does not fade in the garden for many years. And I also purchased a large supply of the EON markers too. It was a bit of an initial investment, but I do not regret it and it has really paid off for me.
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And I also make maps of my beds, which is very useful to me when planning where I will plant things and what I am going to remove. I don't have any pictures of my daylily bed maps, but here is one for one of my iris beds,
I am sooooo glad I switched over to this marker system, as I never could seem to keep up with rewriting faded names, plus I used to break the white plastic markers that I used to use when I got into my beds. This system works beautifully for me, and the only place I don't use the EON markers is my front iris beds that are on a slope, as I'm worried I might just hook my toe on one when I'm plowing through one of the beds and go tumbling down the slope, breaking many irises as I go. Out there I bury those white plastic markers you can get at Home Depot, plus I have a very detailed map. My maps have saved me many times, so I will always make those.
