Specialty Gardening: Anyone still making terrariums??, 1 by wiggiej

wiggiej wrote:
I like partridge berry bowl! If I recall correctly that's an old New England tradition for the holiday -- I've never tried one but it sounds fun. How easy is it ? Berries and blossoms would be great.

Sparklett's bottle? I've never heard of that one.

I've been getting into terrariums lately too. I've got far too many plants, and building terrariums is not only fun, but a great way to keep the more sensitive plants happy, even if I get busy and wind up ignoring them for a while.

I've also got a dog that thinks he's vacuum cleaner and four rather "active" (read "bratty") cats, so terrariums are great for keeping them out of trouble. I started out putting my jewel orchids into small containers (pickle jars, spaghetti jars, etc). After that, hubby and other family started getting them for me as birthday/ Christmas presents, so now I have a number of larger terrrariums as well. I think it's a blast to put them together and watch them evolve.

My husband calls this the "garbage can" . I see his point, but it's been great for my episcias