here is my first spring firing. We fired on Wednesday to unstack Friday morning. The weather was warm and it was so exciting to try out new pots and glazes. All the glazes are based on some local ingredient, sometimes all local ingredients. The ash is from our wood stove and the clays are from river beds or farm fields. This time I tried local ground stone to various levels of success. Alot had to be ground down and quite a few will be refired, but if you don't try, you never know. Allin all I am very encouraged by the results.