Just Create - Sunburn Edition

[silvercat17]

What are you working on? What have you finished? What do you need encouragement on?

Are there any cool events or challenges happening that you want to hype?

What do you just want to talk about?

What have you been watching or reading?

Chores and other not-fun things count!

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Re: Done!

[cornerofmadness]

I am interested in the terrarium. I had one I built a year ago (the library hosted a party) but the plant suddenly died

Re: Done!

[ysabetwordsmith]

I've been making mine with locally foraged plants, except for the fern that I bought. Not all plants -- even all mosses -- will thrive in a terrarium. Some of my moss died in the first terrarium but the rest is still going.

I find that it helps to get some bits of a live ecosystem in the jar. Wet leaf litter, worm castings, a chunk of rotten wood, that sort of thing. It brings in organisms that help balance the system. Plus I purposely gather pillbugs, a couple of earthworms, tiny millipedes if I can find them.

I may also try making a terrarium with tropical plants. There's a store with an excellent selection and they have a glass cabinet with plants that like humidity.

Re: Done!

[cornerofmadness]

This was a tropical plant but the power had gone out and the cold did it in this winter.

Getting pill bugs is easy enough around here (I love those things). I'll have to do a little more research before I try again

Re: Done!

[ysabetwordsmith]

Oh yeah, I've lost houseplants to cold before. :/

Re: Done!

[cornerofmadness]

Yeah My biggest issue is the university greenhouse which has issues (like the watering system failing) and if I don't remember to check that week half my stuff is dead