Lea

This was an experiment. I made a start and time will do the rest. This post will record changes from time to time and let 's see where it will go. I think quite a few people have made this kind of cliff-style terrarium before. I have made one too. But my previous version was quite thick. I used a thick layer of red clay together with Leucobryum moss. The finished shape looked rather rounded. And once something becomes rounded, it tends to look cute. It is much harder to make it feel steep,...

a two=part terrarium, vintage house style. creeping figs, small branches, moss and rock. I am a big fan of enchanted forest and want to create such a enchanted tree in terrarium. I am not going to introduce how I build it (later the building video will be posted on this page) because you can find multiple in other posts of this blog. This post will records changes of this terrariums and see what we will get. those photos are taken shortly after they are built, on late Sep, 2026. to be...

This is moss-on-rock setup I made recently. I thought moss alone looked a little too simple, so I added a sundew as well, now changed to a micro saxifraga. For the moss, I used Racomitrium moss bought online. Human caltibated moss tends to be much fuller and fluffier. Of course you can choose wild moss. Lately we’ve had a lot of rain, more than once, I’ve found beautiful patches of bright green moss growing in cracks between concrete walls and stones right along city streets, even next to...