Copper Garden Twine Marker

I remember these row markers from my childhood - not pretty copper ones like this, but steel or aluminium, used to mark out the rows of vegetables in vegetable patches and allotments.

When I began gardening I was haphazard in my planting - free and easy and decidedly wiggly - a reaction maybe to the careful rows of carrots and beans.

The years have taught me the error of my ways. I am back to planting my cut flowers and vegetables in neat rows - where I can how the weeds easily without chopping the heads off seedlings, where I can see what is weed, what is seedling, where I can stake everything to stop it falling over.

These copper plated twine row markers are things of beauty and a perfect gift for someone starting a vegetable or cut flower patch - ideal for someone who has just got an allotment. They are also a good present for someone like me who is just beginning to realise that a lot of the things her parents and grandparents told her are wise.