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Sunny Saturday in January – Break from the Winter Blues
Oh this weather! We spent nearly our entire Saturday outside and in the garage. I sat out on the bricks in the garden and rolled up my sweatpants hoping a little sunshine would chase those winter blues away. The boys went straight to digging and playing with water. Up until yesterday, I was wary about the upcoming garden season. Anticipating…
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Throwing Ruffle-edged Cake Stands
I’ve been on a quest to develop a simple, elegant process for throwing cake stands on the pottery wheel. They are not difficult to throw as one piece, but I was encountering several problems as they dried. First, the edge was curling up, meaning when the plate was turned right-side-up, the top slightly slumped boding immanent disaster for buckeye balls…
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January Garden
Looking back at old January blog posts, I see that the end of the month is when I start my usual garden prep and seed starting posts. Earlier in the week I received a media kit from Renee’s Garden so that I could select sample packets to try and then share with my readers. Other companies’ reminders are showing up…
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Attainable Goals for 2013
Before laying out goals for 2013, I peeked pack to last year’s post. I had three goals: Have a table at a craft or pottery show away from home. I failed this one. I didn’t travel outside of RDU, but I at least participated in a show I had not done before at Wake Crossroads Fellowship. Instead of traveling, I…
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December Garden
With the amazing weather today, I found myself lured back out to the somewhat neglected garden. We already cleared out most of the dead stalks and pulled weed piles, but have otherwise have done very little in the garden other than a quick watering during a dry spell. Leeks, garlic, onions, cilantro, dill and arugula are all doing very well.…
