Simple craft ideas or find out how to just simply save money. Learn how to reuse instead of recycle and save money for the really important things. Never waste anything.
So you may have wondered why I didn't use aluminum cans?
Aluminum cans are hard to work with and leave sharp edges. That's not to say you can't use them, just be more careful. If you use an aluminum can be sure to bend the edges over to eliminate sharp edges. (note: If you can get cut on a piece of paper, you can get cut on one of these tags.)Sorry in this day and age with all the idiots out there, I have to put disclaimers on everything.
The aluminum I use is easy to work with and it's an aluminum that doesn't normally get recycled. It is not as rigid as aluminum cans, but still holds it's shape. The plant tags will last for a long time. I have some tags that are over 10 years old. The following is an example of what I put on my tags.
Name of plant
date planted (moon phases and or planetary alignment )
where purchased (note many stores guarantee plants)
original location (if moved or propagated)
herb, fruit,vegetable
Or
Name of plant
Ref number
Then have a catalog with the reference number and all the details about the plant that you could not include on the tag.
Other ideas are to use the tags on gifts, as Christmas ornaments, luggage tags, or anywhere you need a nice tag.
Using aluminum cans and bottles for constructing walls is not a new idea. Many ghost towns around Nevada show prime examples of construction with bottles. People had to get creative and use whatever there was plenty of. On more than one occasion I have come across ghost towns where bottles were used in construction of buildings. In some cases the walls were constructed using adobe clay and bottles. The type of material used to construct buildings were dictated by the cost and availability of materials. As the local dump usually had a surplus of whiskey bottles this was the primary item used but by no means was it the only item used. Anything and everything was fair game for reusing and in some cases entire towns were moved from one mining site to another, wasting nothing.
