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I learned bottle terrariums in a small apartment with nothing but a wooden spoon, chopsticks, and a funnel made from a water bottle. The first one looked impossible: a long-necked cider bottle I...

I learned the hard way that planting carnivorous sundews and pitcher plants in a pretty terrarium mix from the garden centre ends in brown leaves and a sour smell within weeks. If you’ve watched a...

I’ve watched gorgeous ferns and mosses melt in glass bowls that looked perfect on day one. If your “mini desert” terrarium turns woodland plants crispy or slimy within weeks, you’re not...

I put my first terrarium outside on a sunny April weekend and cooked a patch of moss by lunchtime. I’ve since moved dozens of terrariums outdoors for summer without losing a leaf, but only after I...

I’ve raised countless seedlings in steamy glass terrariums because it’s the easiest way to get flawless germination on a windowsill. The trouble starts the day you try to move those pampered...

I started propagating succulents on a sunny windowsill tray, and they shriveled faster than they rooted. Moving the process into a terrarium finally gave me consistent humidity without daily misting...