For those of you with larger collections, I am curious, how many of you catalog your collections and what tools you use?
Specifically is there a label maker that will print on a strong and durable label stock that you like? I had a low-end TSC label printer that only printed on very thin label stock that got brittle after a season so ultimately I gave it away. I'm back to hand writing (which is really not a good option given my poor penmanship.)
I have used numbered aluminum tags like these in the past to number each pot so if the label goes missing I will have a back up resource. Does anyone else do this? Are there better tags out there? The problem is that these tags can also fall off. I used to use hog ring fasteners to attach these to the pot, but pots break and tags still go missing. I have thought about burying a numbered tag in the pot as a last resort, but this is also annoying if I have to go digging for it.
I keep a spreadsheet with all of my acquisitions, which is easy enough, but I'm looking for some fool proof ideas for labels and identification. I just hate it when I find a pot that somehow is missing a tag!
Specifically is there a label maker that will print on a strong and durable label stock that you like? I had a low-end TSC label printer that only printed on very thin label stock that got brittle after a season so ultimately I gave it away. I'm back to hand writing (which is really not a good option given my poor penmanship.)
I have used numbered aluminum tags like these in the past to number each pot so if the label goes missing I will have a back up resource. Does anyone else do this? Are there better tags out there? The problem is that these tags can also fall off. I used to use hog ring fasteners to attach these to the pot, but pots break and tags still go missing. I have thought about burying a numbered tag in the pot as a last resort, but this is also annoying if I have to go digging for it.
I keep a spreadsheet with all of my acquisitions, which is easy enough, but I'm looking for some fool proof ideas for labels and identification. I just hate it when I find a pot that somehow is missing a tag!
