Sunday, January 05, 2014

Building a Terrarium

I found this $12 hand-blown Polish glass canister and thought it looked the part for a terrarium, so I put one together yesterday.

The base stratum is clays balls to absorb water and create a "groundwater" space on the bottom. 

 
A screen over the clay balls keeps out the soil, which is a tropical mix mostly made out of coconut husk.  

The three plants are a maiden hair fern, some sort of small groundcover vine with tiny leaves, and a carnivorous pitcher plant.  We shall see what lives. 
 

3 comments:

Unknown said...

Looks pretty cool!

The Fern and Mossery said...

Very nice! I like the vertical height.

The Fern and Mossery said...

Very nice! I like the vertical height.