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  • From: "Lawrence F. London, Jr." <lflj@intrex.net>
  • To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [permaculture] marking lines for a maze
  • Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2007 00:45:54 -0400

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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