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By Justin on June 8th, 2009, 6:31 am 0 Comments

We finished putting soil and seeds into the magnetic planters and set them on a sunny window ledge to start germinating. We figured the planters would stand a better chance at surviving (and staying in place longer than just overnight) if there were some wildflowers starting to grow.

We also went to the downtown space and started brainstorming, but I’ll make another post on that later.

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New Magnetic Planters Field Test

By Justin on May 30th, 2009, 12:48 pm 9 Comments

Friday afternoon turned out to be more productive than I thought it would. We finished embedding all the magnets we have, which means we have 25 planters either done or drying and ended up with 3 installed on various surfaces to see if they survive the rain this weekend.

If they turn out, I’ll order some more magnets, but in the meantime we’re still working on stencils (the BCL stencil above was just a test), and we should be able to get the rest up in the next week!

Owen over at Windsor Visuals also already made a great post on Friday’s Office Hours, and some of his photos are included in this post as well.

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Justin: Yes, Mark, thanks for the pics and the suggestions for the list, that area around the Casino fell into the sites of apology side...
tinyenormous: Hi justin! For the 2 line contrast thing I have run into similar issues before. I recommend using a pot to control the...
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