Terrariums – Part II

terrarium stuff by pinprick

In the last post TheGardenLady wrote about bringing nature into your house with terrariums.  In today’s post, she will write about how to build a terrarium.

TheGardenLady thinks that Mason quart canning jars will look interesting if you want to build your own terrarium, but you could use mayonnaise jars or spaghetti jars.  You can use unused aquariums or whatever you find in your house. Of course, you can rummage around in flea markets, garage sales or markets for interesting jars, too. Or shop for jars in fancy nurseries or online. This is your creation, so use whatever you think will make a fine container.  Then as you become more adept at making the terrariums, you can get more elaborate containers including terrarium Christmas ornaments (see here).

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Terrariums – Part I

Terrarium by Flower Factor

Winter is the time that most gardeners are stuck indoors and are frustrated because they can’t get outdoors with their hands on a trowel, in soil (not dirt – dirt is something you want to get rid of) adding plants to the garden.  Well, if you can’t garden outdoors, why not make gardens indoors?  Why not make miniature gardens in glass containers which are called terrariums.

Terrariums can be any size from very tiny to perhaps something that can be used as a coffee table. I know someone who did just that, she got so carried away with the tiny terrariums, that she started making coffee tables out of slabs of plexiglass. She bought plastic cut to the size she needed and glued the boxes as she desired.   Watch this video:

 

and check out this site.

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