Use a bolt and a wing nut to make the template set transportable.

If you have an exceptionally large garden and desire a quicker mothod of marking rows, consider constructing a rolling row marker. Our marker, similar to that cited by Eliot Coleman in his book "The New Organic Grower", can be constructed for less than $40. It uses a series of wheels to mark each row simultaneously as it is pulled over the bed surface.

The Noble Foundation's rolling marker consists of a series of eight 7 5/8-inch-diameter wheels mounted on a 3-foot-long piece of 5/8-inch-diameter threaded rod. The wheels are cut from 1/2-inch plywood and mounted on the threaded rod axle through their centered 5/8-inch-diameter holes. Tightened nuts on either side of the wheels prevent them from moving off their designated settings.