To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] permanent tree labels
Date: Thu, 09 Apr 2009 10:58:13 -0500
While you're making that 'permanent' label, make a second one, and
rather than attaching it to the tree, bury it in the mulch/soil at
the base of the tree - that way, when the deer eat or mangle the
original, a windstorm blows it away, or the neighborhood wags steal
'em - or switch them around, you've still got a 'backup' way of
recalling the ID. Choose a consistent spot - like the North or South
side of the tree to bury the backup label.
An orchard map - with multiple copies maintained in separate
locations - is a good idea, too.