Monday, June 4, 2012

A Good Monday

 Finally planted the caladium bulbs my parents gave me today.  Added some osmocote and I forget what it's called--- the small silver rocks that deter the moles.
 Had a few elephant ears left to plant.  All in all, planted about 10 caladium bulbs and 2 more elephant ears.
 Spent some time earlier reclaiming the clay that I saved from trimming bowls.  These are 2 lb. pieces of clay.  Probably will turn these into bowls tomorrow- or soon!
 Visited Starworks Ceramics this past Saturday afternoon.  Went to an electric kiln workshop there which was a bit helpful, yet I thought it would be more about working with any electric kiln, not just a certain brand.  Even more interesting was visiting the room in Starworks where they make the clay that is dug locally.  Here are four locally dug ones.
 Wow, that's a big pug mill!  :)
Am counting down the days until vacation.  Until then, it's great to read pottery blogs as I have the time.  Dinner tonight--  a bowl of homemade granola cereal and wine in one of my favorite teabowls.

2 comments:

cookingwithgas said...

tell me more about the small silver rocks, why they don't like them and where did you get them?

Amy said...

permatill--- keeps the moles/voles out. you plant them around the bulb and the voles/moles don't like the texture of them, evidently so they stay away! good luck--