[permaculture] marking lines for a maze
Linda Shewan
linda.shewan at bryn.com.au
Wed Aug 8 04:40:52 EDT 2007
Thanks Lawrence, we have lots of blue haybale twine and they started using that but they found it very confusing as there are so many criss-crosses - and there was a major tendency to get tangled! Using different colours as you suggest might help! The only potential problem here is the children's ability to connect them securely to the sticks at the end. We live in a very gale-prone area and even road signage and trees regularly blow down so I have my doubts that their knots would hold over the weeks... maybe a knot tying workshop is in order...
While adults can handle markers at distant points, the kids really need a continuous line. Constant markers would require a lot of pins to secure them to the ground - but could be done.
The edible maze team is made up of one 9 year old leader and four 6-8 year olds. As they are doing everything themselves with teachers only acting as "guides" I need it to be as simple as possible. Paint on stuff that will not wear off for a few weeks would be the ultimate - any ideas in that vein?
Thanks, Linda
-----Original Message-----
From: Lawrence F. London, Jr. [mailto:lflj at intrex.net]
Sent: Wednesday, 8 August 2007 2:46 PM
To: permaculture
Subject: Re: [permaculture] marking lines for a maze
Linda Shewan wrote:
> The kids are developing an edible maze and it will take a few weeks of Fridays just to get the walls/paths properly marked up - does anyone have ideas on what they can use to mark the lines that is not going to wash away but is completely non-toxic - both for the kids and for the food to be grown there?
>
> In the past I have used lime and flour but these will obviously wash away, as will water-based paint of any kind... any ideas? We don't have enough rocks or mulch...
Get some rolls of 1" dayglo red, blue and yellow surveyors tape and creatively craft some pretty bows to attach to some
cut straight branches to stick in the ground along the paths to mark the routes. These can be stored and reused. Or old
Christmas ribbons and bows.
Otherwise use colored water-safe permanent markers on small light colored plastic cards intended for markers and or signage.
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