Tag Archives: Wood

A Failure

This is going to be a visual depiction of all the stages of turning a spalted bowl. FYI: Spalting is the process of allowing wood to go through a sort of controlled rot where fungal mycelium start growing in the … Continue reading

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Spinning…Always Spinning

I like to turn wood.  It’s just fun.  The log is spinning at speeds you can’t imagine, wood chips are flying off everywhere, VERY bad things can happen at any second if you’re not paying attention.  Really, this is right … Continue reading

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Raised Beds!

Here in the foothills of the Missouri Ozarks, we’re not exactly known for our stellar soil.  Actually, the term “unctuous red clay” came from the soil around these withered old mountains.  So, unless you live in a river valley, most … Continue reading

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