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Testing Glazes and Clay Bodies in the Electric Kiln
It’s been years since I ran a glaze firing from home, and this weekend we fired a load in preparation for a popup shop I'm participating in at Nadeau Furniture next weekend. I’ve primarily been working out of Pullen Arts Center, but I had a large stack of bisqueware that I could not fire at Pullen because the clay was…
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Native Plant Rescue and the Return of Fire Pink
A year ago, I was on a native plant rescue along a greenway trail. We were tasked with digging up desirable plants from an area where the trail was being rerouted farther away from the unstable stream banks. The site was thick with Christmas ferns, mosses, trout lilies, and sedges. The rescued plants could be replanted in our own gardens…
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a journey back into pottery by learning to create a lidded vessel from a closed form
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Simple Habitat Cheats for Happy Coturnix Quail
One of the greatest enjoyments of keeping Coturnix Quail is watching their quirky behaviors when they are happy and healthy. The following habitat features create a healthier, cleaner environment that may reduce stress and aggression within the covey. BeddingThe key to good bedding is finding something with small enough particles that the quail can organically turn over as they scratch…
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Easy Sourdough – Start in the Bread Machine and Finish in the Oven
You will not find a recipe for artisanal bread in this post. Fancy scoring, overnight proofing, flouring a board -- none of it are here. Every other day I make a simple sourdough sandwich bread by starting the dough in my bread machine and finishing it in the oven. It goes through two rises in the machine, and a third…
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Ultimate Guide to Keeping Frogs in a Koi Pond
As we dreamed of building a larger pond for the koi that rapidly outgrew their little stock tank pond, we wanted it to support the larger community of insects and animals native to our area. Specifically, I really wanted frogs. When we installed our first pond, the stock tank pond, we also added a few bullfrog tadpoles and tree frog…
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