Welcome to Window Guard Patterns! Welcome to a space for anyone curious about window guard patterns, whether you photograph ironwork on walks or study scrollwork geometry. Feel free to ask about maker stamps, compare repainted guards, or start a thread on height notes and joint details.

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    wooddogs3 posted the thread Living in Interesting Times: Shortages in Guard Maker Stamps.
    When I talk with friends and neighbors about the current pandemic, I am sometimes surprised to encounter a firm fixed belief that there...
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    wooddogs3 posted the thread Fermentation VIII: Kefir Broth in Guard Maker Stamps.
    I love to make soups in the winter, and have often written about the wonders of homemade broth. I’ve never cared much for any vegetable...
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    wooddogs3 posted the thread Wild Mushroom Experiments in Guard Maker Stamps.
    No, not that kind of mushroom and not that kind of experiment. I have been reading a wonderful new book, chef Chad Hyatt’s The Mushroom...
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    wooddogs3 posted the thread Fermentation VI: Lacto-fermentation in Guard Maker Stamps.
    I can’t say enough about how The Noma Guide to Fermentation is livening up my kitchen experiments, but I was fairly sure that I wouldn’t...
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    wooddogs3 posted the thread Fermentation V: Water Kefir in Guard Maker Stamps.
    I am experimenting with kombucha and its culinary uses, but for daily drinking I prefer water kefir. It’s a fermented drink with a...
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    wooddogs3 posted the thread Fermentation IV: The Wine at Your Table. in Guard Maker Stamps.
    For the previous decades of my adulthood I had little or no interest in winemaking because I’m fond of good red wines and suspected that...
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    wooddogs3 posted the thread Fermentation III: Vinegar in Guard Maker Stamps.
    I first wrote about red wine vinegar in 2009, and while I have made and consumed it steadily since then, there didn’t seem to be much...
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    wooddogs3 posted the thread Seasonal Seasoning Butters in Scrollwork Geometry.
    At this glorious time of year, perennial edibles are coming up everywhere. Many of them are herbs used as seasoning for generations, and...
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    wooddogs3 posted the thread Arugula: Still a Favorite Weed in Scrollwork Geometry.
    The post below was one of my very first blog posts back in 2008, and it remains true that arugula is one of my favorite early spring...
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    wooddogs3 posted the thread A Variation on Hortapita in Scrollwork Geometry.
    In my last post I wrote about horta made entirely from green alliums, the first greens of spring. Horta is very good all by itself, but...
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    wooddogs3 posted the thread Greens: Early Spring Horta in Scrollwork Geometry.
    For gardeners, early spring is a time of great anticipation. This is the season when the growing season to come glows with perfection in...
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    wooddogs3 posted the thread Leaf Ales for All Seasons in Scrollwork Geometry.
    I’ve had more inquiries about this post than about any other, so I’m re-upping it with a few subsequent notes: 1. The effect of...
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    wooddogs3 posted the thread Fall Renewal in Scrollwork Geometry.
    It’s been an unusual growing season at my place, with the strangeness in the larger world reflected in strange events that affected my...
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    wooddogs3 posted the thread Passing pleasures: Hops shoots in Scrollwork Geometry.
    I decided to re-up this post on hops shoots without change because this is their brief season and because I still think that this is the...
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    wooddogs3 posted the thread Semi-Permaculture Garlic in Scrollwork Geometry.
    Glorious spring is here. There are no leaves on the trees yet, but the fruit trees are starting to bloom, and the perennials are...
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This forum is a place to discuss window guard patterns, including forged types, scrollwork geometry, maker stamps, and visual comparisons. Threads focus on walking notes, height observations, and photo archives of decorative ironwork. Contributions are welcome from anyone interested in documenting these details.

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