DIY Garden Markers

Planning my summer garden while self quarantining against covid19 is helping me keep my sanity. Hopefully things will get back to normal by summertime.

So I used some unloved CDs and DVDs (does anyone even use these anymore?)
I plan on sticking them halfway in the ground so I sketched my images for the top half.

First primed with gesso, then using acrylic paint I brushed on a background on the shiny side of the discs.

I then traced my sketches onto the background colour using tracing paper and a stylus. You could also darken the back of the paper with a lead pencil then trace over the front with a pen nib.

Next, again using acrylic paint, each of the plants I expect to have in my garden are painted onto the discs.

Finally a coat of Rustoleum clear coat that adheres to plastic and these babies are ready for springtime planting season!

Are you ready?