Stick a fork in it…

By Eliot, on November 24th, 2013

I love making gifts for gardeners.

I love collecting seeds from my own garden and passing them along as gifts.

I love gardens, gardening and fellow gardeners!

‘Tis the season!

Can a gardener ever have too many garden markers? I think not. So, these make the perfect gardening gift.

I found this cool and crafty idea at Artsy VaVa and pinned it right away this summer. I found some cheap forks on Amazon (36 for $14), went to my overflowing bowl of wine corks in the kitchen and started making these great markers.

My garden markers with harvested Holy Thai Basil seeds.

I had such a hard time finding Holy Thai Basil, that I harvested seeds to give as gifts along with my markers. I used a Sharpie to letter my corks. Artsy VaVa actually used a wood burner and hers looks so much nicer than mine.

I used The Hubs vise and flattened my forks as much as possible.

Hopefully my giftee will have lots of Holy Thai Basil growing (and well marked) in her garden next summer.

kalamitykelli

November 24, 2013 at 8:33 pm

Love this! Great idea – Pinterest is a marvelous thing!

Eliot

November 24, 2013 at 9:02 pm

I am going to make at least 36 of these. May need more corks! 🙂

Choc Chip Uru

November 25, 2013 at 3:58 am

Haha that is a genius idea my friend 😀

Cheers
CCU

Eliot

November 25, 2013 at 7:28 am

Thanks, Uru. Can’t take credit for this though.

Angie@Angie's Recipes

November 25, 2013 at 7:52 am

A fantastic idea, Debra. I usually stick the wine cork in a bamboo stick…but using fork is definitely more fun!

Eliot

November 25, 2013 at 12:58 pm

I like your idea, too.

chef mimi

November 25, 2013 at 11:34 am

Great idea. I had such a problem in my garden this summer with my squashes and pumpkins because I never label anything!

Eliot

November 25, 2013 at 12:58 pm

I am terrible about labeling too.

Tina

November 25, 2013 at 4:07 pm

This is one of the coolest Christmas gifts ever! I love it. And you make it so personal giving out the packet of seeds. Very cool, gotta pin it and tweet it!