I use tin snips to cut old soda cans into strips and then write variety in pen pressing down hard so it embosses in. I just use them on seedlings inside. I make a diagram in my notebook when I plant outside so I don't use them there.

@Dennis Wichter my big garden got a total overhaul this fall and winter. I had been trying to amend the native soil for a couple years and everything always struggled. I couldn't get enough organic matter to really make much of a dent. I needed a new spot for my artichokes so I prepped a small area on the south side of the big garden with partially composted kitchen scraps covered with a bag of manure or mulch (can't remember which) plus some regular irrigation. I let it cook for a couple months then I moved my artichokes there in October and they look happy there, doing better than I thought after transplant. I think it will keep improving especially with the natural mulch that artichokes generate. But prepping that area took every bit of organic waste I had. I decided that struggling sucks and it would take forever to generate enough compost to prep as much space as I wanted so I got some help digging up a couple 3x25ish beds and a 3x9 that I filled with bought garden soil from viragrow. They're waiting to get warm season plants in the next month or so. So we'll see how that goes. So that is to say, my kitchen garden is doing much better. Hahaha

@Teri Chinn it was just after they had sprouted after dying back in the summer. So very small.

@Phillip Greenwood I've been on the fence on getting a broad fork for a while. Do you recommend it?

@Dennis Wichter that one has thorns. It's a native honey mesquite.

@Dennis Wichter I had meant to make mesquite flour last year but I was out of town when they were ready. Hopefully I'll get to try making some this year.

@Jim Flach yes! I really like the umbrellas on the wine barrels. That's so smart.