seedlings February 2010

I repotted about 20 of the seedlings a couple weeks ago.  The first picture shows just these seedlings in tiny square pots.

The next photo shows them next to the remaining seedlings still in their community pots.

They still seem to be doing well.  I'll pot up another batch of them in a few weeks.  First I do want to label and number the individual pots so I can keep better track of them.

And, in another couple months I'll be getting back another flask!

Bread

Both made with the bread cloche I got for xmas.

 They're not large loaves, but very tasty.  I do think the cloche helps.

Back to Pottery

I finally made a few more boxes and got around to firing them and a couple more vases.  I like the boxes, although I'd like to do something about the edges of the top and bottom that have no texturing.  Somehow these sections need to be finished better and integrated.

The tiny buttons are intentionally off center.  I'd like to have the insides a bright color.  So far I'm using scrap clay and the few bright colors I have don't work well on it.  Anyway, here are the boxes:

Next, here's the black vase.  I particularly like the feet on it. 

I'm still not completely happy with the top, but it's the best I've managed so far.  The texture I've used comes from a cheap lace curtain, the top, plain section rather than the fancy border.

orchid photos

 

The pink and yellow orchid is Slc Crystelle Smith, the large pink with multiple blooms is an unregistered cross I got years ago from Hauserman's in Chicago, the little red one is Slc katie's cutie x b nodosa, the little yellow one is Epi morning star x b nodosa), the larger red one is C ford motte 'Cherokee' x Blc Younges Island 'Mr 1,' and the stoplight orchid is Epc Rene Marques.

orchid seedlings December 6

Here are the seedlings at 7 months. I'll probably repot the largest ones after the holidays.

moss garden

I've been admiring the mosses I see around the yard as I do the fall cleanup. I collected a couple of them and put them in a small planter. I added a couple pieces of old brick, since I noticed that some bricks that were lying around were covered with moss. I have no idea if this will live inside over the winter. I'll give it a try, and if it doesn't work, I'll see what happens if I leave it outside.

The pot is made of orangestone clay with a strontium based turquoise glaze. ART's orangestone clay does odd things to glazes. And in this case, it was at the upper edge of its firing range and slumped a bit, so that the circle became a rounded triangle. I like it that way, and it fits the moss perfectly.

Seedlings november

Here's the seedling tray in November. I'm continuing to see good growth and more plants with a second growth. One plant shows signs of speckles on the leaves, which I suspect means that its flowers will be more likely to be spotted. It's the top leaf below and only two of the speckles are large enough to show up on the picture. They are speckles, not disease spots.




One plant appears to have a very very tiny sheath. Another looks like it has a new growth coming out of the center of the first growth. I tried to get pictures of these, but they're too tiny for my camera to capture. Maybe next month.