Blue Agave Landscape Design Project After whetting your appetite for planting your own meadow and inspiring visions of golden grasslands, we want to show you a different way of using the “no lawns” concept. Adan Venegas of Blue Agave Landscape in Santa Barbara used lots of Italian terracotta rolled rim pots for planting (surprise!) agaves…
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The Art of Building Large Terracotta Pottery
The Art of Building Large Terracotta Pottery In all my days of fascination with clay, there is one tool that I would call my tool of choice: the wheel. But the two things that have influenced me most are my teachers and my travels. Over the past thirty years or so I have had the…
Baked Earth: The Making of a Greek Pot
The Making of a Greek Pot This month I’m going to discuss a tool that has captured my imagination for nearly 40 years: THE POTTER’S WHEEL. It started for me in Orange County California in 1976 at Irvine High School. For my P.E. class I was taking surfing and the instructor also taught Ceramics. It…
Edible Container Gardening 101
Edible Container Gardening 101 Edible container gardening is a great way to grow vegetables especially when there is no space for a traditional garden. If you live in a condominium or an apartment, containers can provide valuable growing options. A container on casters gives you the ability to move your vegetables to sun or shade,…
The Truth Behind the Aged Terracotta You Buy
The Truth Behind the Aged Terracotta You Buy If you have read the articles by Scott Semple you now have a good understanding of what makes up terracotta pottery. From Gladding McBean’s stoneware to our Italian frost resistant earthenware containers, at Eye of the Day Garden Design Center we sell high-quality terra cotta products which…
How To Choose A Terracotta Pot By Its Porosity
In past articles I have discussed how freeze/thaw has an effect on ceramic containers and I have also discussed clay pot irrigation. We are in the worst drought in the state of California’s history, so by irrigating with low fire pots with high porosity, water can be sent directly to the root system and feed…
