The Back Yard
Stirring the Mud Pit
I’m still grooming the mud pit for a video I want to shoot. I shot a little video while stirring some water into the mud. It’s hard work, but it has to be done. I have recently released two new clips for sale, so please check those out, too. I’ll probably find time to edit … Continue reading
April 28 Projects
I had a busy day. I had to fix my boat trailer (I did most of the work yesterday, but I had to wait for the paint to dry before I could finish it), I pulverized more clumps of clay and screened the fine powder for a new pit that I also started preparing, today. … Continue reading
Exceptionally Dry Spring
The good news is that I still have some video I can edit and release, and I can still play in the swamp. The bad news is that, in spite of all the work I’ve put into my backyard pits this year, I am not going to indulge my urge to play in them until … Continue reading
Clay Transfer Completed!
Back in March I started shoveling the kaolin clay out of my old clay pit into the 110 gallon water tank, as the opening salvo of the great clay transfer. I blogged about that in a previous post. On April 1 we finished the berm that would border the new clay pit. The liner for … Continue reading
Update on the Kaolin Clay
Those of you who’ve been following me for years probably remember that I have a pit full of kaolin (white) clay that I don’t use often. There are a couple reasons I don’t use it, but one of them is that it essentially repels water. I get it reanimated with lots of physical effort and … Continue reading
Mixing the Clay
I’ve been experimenting with some clay that came with some fill dirt I had delivered to my home, recently. The clay is dark gray with a slight bluish tint. The blue is lost once I start mixing it, and it’s just gray. I don’t really care about the color, although darker colors are easier to … Continue reading
Getting the Mud Pit Ready
Yesterday I overhauled my mud pit to get it ready for some adventures. I made a holding tank with cement blocks and a tarp and I shoveled as much mud out of the pit as I could fit in that and another container I use for mixing dirt. Then I dug up the remaining earth … Continue reading