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[Linda Shewan <linda.shewan@bryn.com.au>]

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@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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Lawrence F. London, Jr.
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