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brightly colored flagging tape, and a measuring tape. Bamboo plant stakes
from the garden center and 1- or 2-inch-square tomato stakes 3 to 4 feet
long work well.
You can purchase marking flags on plastic or metal stakes from Internet
retailers. You will find that these are much easier to carry and insert into
the ground than are wooden stakes. You might find it convenient to make
several metal stakes from - or
⁄
4
⁄
16
-inch diameter wire rod to hold the end
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5
of your measuring tape in place as you lay out and measure reference lines.
These stout, metal stakes are different from the marking stakes that you
leave in place to identify corners and reference lines. The rod should slip
easily through the end grommet on your measuring tape. Bend the rod to
form an L with the main shank about 24 inches long and the handle about
6 inches long, or weld a cross piece onto the main shank to form a T-shaped
stake. Tie flagging tape to the tops of the rods to make them easy to see.
Fiberglass measuring tapes 200 to 300 feet long are inexpensive and ideal
for both measuring lines and creating accurate right angles.
