Terraria

[ysabetwordsmith]

One of my projects this year is making terraria.


Part 1: Washing, Drainage, and Barrier

Part 2: Mixing Substrate

Part 3: Adding Mosses

Part 4: Dead Wood and Leaf Litter

Photos: Antique Jar Terrarium Build Part 5: Microfauna


Photos: Cookie Jar Terrarium Part 1: Setup

Photos: Cookie Jar Terrarium Part 2: Planting


Does anyone else enjoy the craft of making tiny ecosystems in jars?


Also, there's no tag list yet. Can I get tags for Photography, Photos, How To, and Terraria?

Comments

[uncaged_butterflies]

Oh wow, fascinating craft! I would never have thought of that, but it looks really neat!

(Though I have to say that I understood what the topic was based on the name of your parts, but it took me a while to accept that "terraria" is just meant as the plural of "terrarium" and not the video game Terraria x') I was imagining a Terraria terrarium! xD)

[yourlibrarian]

I've always liked looking at a terrarium. It's so fascinating how life can exist in a closed environment like that. Also enjoy the different ways people have "landscaped" and decorated them.

Added the tags for terraria and tutorial (our first!) However I didn't include photography because the post isn't actually about working with photos, and I think many of our posts will include pictures. But we'll see what people think.

Thoughts

[ysabetwordsmith]

>> I've always liked looking at a terrarium. It's so fascinating how life can exist in a closed environment like that. Also enjoy the different ways people have "landscaped" and decorated them. <<

There are lots of fun videos on YouTube about it.

>> Added the tags for terraria and tutorial (our first!) <<

Yay!

>> However I didn't include photography because the post isn't actually about working with photos, and I think many of our posts will include pictures. But we'll see what people think.<<

Up to you how you want to organize your tag tree, but I advise you to think about how before you've got 20 tags that don't stack well. I've got broader and narrow categories, so for instance Poetry and Poem, Photography and Photos. There are lots of different options.

Thoughts

[ysabetwordsmith]

>> Oh wow, fascinating craft! I would never have thought of that, but it looks really neat! <<

:D It's a lot of fun, and you can use all kinds of containers.

>> (Though I have to say that I understood what the topic was based on the name of your parts, but it took me a while to accept that "terraria" is just meant as the plural of "terrarium" and not the video game Terraria x') I was imagining a Terraria terrarium! xD) <<

Not one of my fandoms, but it could be done. Some people like to model a terrarium after a specific ecosystem, or a park formation, or they stick in things to look like ruins. A fannish theme would work. Let's see, there's a suit of armor, buildings ... you could probably make those flying eyeballs out of a marble or ping-pong ball, or wait to Halloween decorations come out and look for an eyeball because I have definitely seen those. Suspend from fishing line.