The Curiosity Lab

Trying things. Keeping notes.

The Curiosity Lab is where I keep track of the things I decide to explore more deeply. Sometimes that means grafting a citrus tree, sometimes it's an aquarium, a recipe, a book, or some other project that sends me down a rabbit hole. What I enjoy most is the process of learning — asking questions, trying things for myself, and keeping notes on what I discover along the way.

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Featured Field Note

Full view of the mature citrus tree growing in the yard

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My Tangerine Tree Wasn't a Tangerine Tree

How a tree that grew for years without flowering led me to discover that its rootstock had taken over.

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What I'm Exploring

Field Notes

Experiments, observations, and projects I'm working through in real time.

Aquariums

Planted tanks, fish, shrimp, and the small ecosystems that keep giving me new questions to investigate.

Kitchen

Recipes, adaptations, and food projects worth keeping track of.

Other Rabbit Holes

Books, tools, projects, and whatever else becomes interesting enough to follow for a while.

This site is still growing. I'm building it the same way I approach most things here: one experiment at a time.