How to make rock garden markers

If you are planting a fruit or vegetable garden, garden markers are a requirement. They help you remember what plants are growing where so you can make sure to give all the different plants the right type of care.
Although you can simply staple seed packets onto wooden stakes and shove them into the ground, why not make something much cuter? With these markers, the garden beds will be looking adorable in no time.
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Materials
- Red paint
- Rocks
- Paint brushes
- Green paint
- White paint
- Orange paint
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Instructions
1. Paint a tomato onto one of the rocks with red paint. Allow for it to dry, and then add a second coat.
2. Mix the green and the white paint together and paint a stem onto the tomato.
3. Repeat steps 1 and 2, this time painting a strawberry. Add white spots of paint to the strawberry to mimic the look of seeds.
4. Mix the orange and white together and paint a carrot onto a rock. Allow paint to dry. Once dry, add stripes of orange paint to the carrot to mimic ridges.
5. Mix the green and the white paint together and paint a top onto the carrot.
6. Mix together red and white paint. Paint a radish onto a rock with the pink paint mixture and white paint.
7. Mix the green and the white paint together and paint a top for the radish.
8. Add the names of the vegetables on top of the painted vegetables in white paint.
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9. Allow the paint to dry before placing the rocks in your garden.
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