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Farmers' Market How you gonna keep 'em down on the farm after they see all these cool farm-inspired gadgets? From "Creative Juice" episode DCRJ-703

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Organic Garden Markers

These aren’t your ordinary garden-variety markers. Using copper wires and a wood-burning tool, we add a creative touch to any garden.

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Organic Garden Markers

Materials:

twigs or branches, purchased at a home décor store or found
coping saw
utility knife
pencil
wood burning tool
wood burning tip – fine point
decorative wood branding tips
22 gauge cooper wire
beads
jewelry wire cutters

1. Use a coping saw to cut branches in 1' lengths (figure A).

2. Approximately 7" from the end of each branch, using a utility knife, whittle layers from the branches (figure B). Continue whittling until there is a flat slant of planed wood exposed along 7" of each branch wide enough to fit lettering (figure C).

Figure A

Figure B

Figure C

3. Write the name of the plant vertically on the exposed wood, leaving some space at the top and bottom for decorative branding. Use the wood burning tool and a fine tip to burn the letters into the wood (figure D).

4. Let the wood burning tool cool completely. Change the tip to a decorative branding tip and re-heat the tool. Brand the wood above and below the lettering (figure E).

5. Wrap copper wire three times around the top of the branches, above the lettering. Add a small loop at the end of the wire to prevent sharp ends. Add beads (figure F). Continue wrapping, being careful to place the wire between the letters, to keep the letters legible. Add more beads and wrap the wire three times at the bottom of the twig. Snip off excess wire. Add a small loop to prevent sharp ends.

Figure D

Figure E

Figure F

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