Just a photo of the roots of one of the 4 Ficus macrophylla trees I have. All were grown from seeds. They germinated 3 years ago from now. The rate of growth is impressive considering the climate here is less Weiterlesen…
Some cafes and restaurants put pots with olive trees in front of their building, sometimes around the outdoor seats. Last fall I randomly picked a ripe olive from one of those trees. At home I peeled aways the fruit and Weiterlesen…
Just a little update on my smallest Murraya paniculata. As you can see there is one fruit ripening at the moment. I already used seeds from this small plant to grow new plants. Right now I have 5 or 6 Weiterlesen…
Just documenting my Ochna serrulata plant because it’s pretty rare around here and I don’t even know if you can buy it. Wikipedia says it’s known under following names: carnival ochna, bird’s eye bush, Mickey mouse plant. The plan recently Weiterlesen…
A bit of a tangent… Considering AI hubbub lately I find it more and more interesting to share my personal experiences and observations on my own private website. Not feeding youtube, instagram and the like with my content. Does anybody Weiterlesen…
I’m in the middle of building a small cloud chamber to make ionizing radiation visible. This is just to document a few findings of mine without going into the details of how and why a cloud chamber works. My cloud Weiterlesen…
The setup is very simple: A weed burner and a 11kg cylinder of propane. This must have been the quickest glaze firing I’ve ever done. This kiln gets up to 1200°C in about 2 to 3 hours with no rush. Weiterlesen…
The first kiln I built is described here. I’m in the process of building yet another kiln. This time it’s quite a bit smaller and more portable. I hope the smaller size will help in reducing cycle times. What this Weiterlesen…
Three ‘hidasuki’ pots and three normal pots from the last firing. The bamboo certainly does something to the pots when fired in a saggar. Unfortunately the saggar cracked during the firing despite being made from very refractory clay. Also the Weiterlesen…