I love how you talk about the substrate being alive! So few people know what micro-organisms live in the dirt around us and the important roles they play in their ecosystems. I truly love how educational you try to be with your channel, I think it's wonderful the way you care for your plants with the same amount of love as you do your animals.
I literally went out to the bush behind my house and made a terrarium today because of this video haha. It has a pinecone in it, but not many different mosses because I live in a pretty arid part of Australia
Yeah, I really want some bigger insects in my terrarium though so I’m trying everything I can except touching them or trying to pick them up with tweezers
I know micro-organisms exist but that should be the key word. I shouldn't be able to see them. Seeing springtails around a terrarium that I thought should be insect-free would worry me about if they might get into the house, etc.
I built my first terrarium within a couple hours of watching this and I love it! My options for plants and decorations were quite limited to what’s in my backyard bc corona but I’m still proud of my little creation. My family also liked it and I think in the future we might build some terrariums together. Thank you so much!
Just made one of these with my 16 month old daughter. She wasn't much for designing the terrarium but as for gathering materials she was surprisingly good at picking stuff out once she saw what I was grabbing. I think this may be the first interest we've ever truly shared that she could play a constructive role in. Building terrariums and keeping animals was a strong hobby of mine when I was younger that I fell out due to a demanding career. I would never have guessed that this period of my life would be the one I could pick up an old hobby when my attention is stretched thin between a stressful job and toddler. Instead she was actively interested in figuring out what I was picking up and which jar I was putting things in, and contributed more resources than keeping her out of trouble demanded. It was an amazing afternoon which quite possibly shared a love for the hobby, and the outdoors in general, in a much deeper way than I though she could pick up at this age. While this is absolutely something which would have been some part of her life eventually, this video and your channel are 100% the reason we went out to do it yesterday and made it happen much sooner than it would have otherwise. I just wanted to take the chance that you would read this and that you could know that. You may not be curing cancer or digging wells in impoverished communities in Africa (that I know of), but you are absolutely doing real good in this world, and the passions you are cultivating and nurturing may even save this planet, or even help terraform another!
I’m so happy to hear that you did this with your young daughter. I nanny an 18 month old & have bought a tiny jar to do a small terrarium with him that he can hold in his hands. He’s switching over to school in about a month so I’m hoping this will be a fun memory & keepsake he can have after I’m gone 🤍
@@iCantLogOut I live in city town kinda area. Found moss during the summer in a constant area I hang around. Then found other types of moss. Started collecting jars from foods we use for dinners . I just want the carbon. Que the evil laughter and lightning.
I watched this morning, it's 10pm now and I've finished my first terrarium :) thank you so much for inspiring a fun single-day project as well as a possibly future interest in the hobby. Subbed.
I do a lot of landscaping and your channel has given me a new way to keep myself busy 😃 i can take snippets of my clients yard (and some other goodies i find) and i can make myself a bunch of these for little to no cost. not even for profit, but as gifts for people i know or do yard work for. 😃🙏 i have a whole bunch of people who've helped me escape my demons and this is a really cool way i can gift them some of my gratitude.
I really appreciate how you first observe nature and then use it as your guide! If more people did this regularly, the world would be such a better place...
Hi! I made a ”Plant Jar” a couple of years ago, but it died after about a week or two. Everything turned black and it smelled horrible... BUT I did’nt throw it away! Last week I saw it in the window were I left it and there was a little, tiny green leaf!!! Now there are five or six of them and some other kind of moss or what it may be. Never give up! Life is everywere! :D
Meredith Grubb Yepp! It grows! Sooo cool! I have’nt dared to touch it. The jar is just standing in the cellar window and there are even more leafs and sprouts coming up. When there is more advanced forms of life I will start a TH-cam account and show the world my jar-world 😉
All my windows are packed full of terrariums and the only things I have purchased were some of my larger tanks, a 5 gallon, 15 Gallon, and 29 gallon, which were only like 70 dollars total. Terrarium making is one of the most accessible hobbies out there.
My 4 yo daughter and I went on a hike in the lowcountry of South Carolina and made our first terrarium with elements we found from the hike. It was next to a marsh and Creek. So we added a dead dried out fiddler crab, a hermit crab shell, cicada bug shells, a small live oak tree Branch with resurrection fern, some granite. My daughter loves it and wants to keep it in her room. Thank you do much for the idea. I'm inspired 🌊🏞️🌿🦀🐚🦠🐵
I made one of these almost 2 years ago from stuff in my back yard. I didn’t put any plants in there, just dirt, some bark, and a stick. It’s still alive today and has cool stuff growing in it even though I never planted anything!
@@BadgerBabyBoy well yes and no. I added rocks and dirt as filtering layers. I wasn’t the nicest job done but it looks great now! I threw rocks and other stuff on top along with a stick. It all grew!
@@graceneville628 Did seeds that were already in the dirt/bark grew plants eventually? Got a photo online or something on what it does look like? I have some old dried plants kept in a box, would those start growing again as well you think?
@@jorismaasvisuals Yes! New things grew as time went on. I even found a snail in there! I don’t think your dead plants will come back alive lol but their decomposition would fertilize the soul for future growth I’m sure
Amazing video for a beginner. Instead of wondering how to do it or execute the project or find materials - since u covered it all - I spent my entire time as I'm watching the video planning where I'll be collecting. Which is FUN!!!! Definitely gonna have a coffee table terrarium. 😊
"No more excuses" Me watching at 3 o'clock in the morning and in the middle of Enhance Community Quarantine..... yep no more excuses to get out of the house
I now had a terrarium for like almost a month now and the moss is growing like crazy! It has some tiny rocks and crystals inside it and even a tiny glass frog :3 I love it so much!
Bhushan S. Some craft or hobby shops have light bulb shape containers of different sizes rather than using an actual lightbulb and breaking out the filament.
Been watching your channel for years now. Just built our first DIY terrarium with my 6 year old son. We are hooked, wish I hadn't waited so long. Thanks so much for your quality content.
I decided yesterday to get off of social media and do better with my time. This was my first video I choose....I consider this a absolutely perfect start. Thank you so much for sharing ❤️
I wanna get into this hobby. I was originally planning on getting fish, but it's too expensive for my broke *ss. Instead I think ima go for terrariums, they seem much less expensive and still look really good.
Hi Tanner, love your channel, it's nice to expand from aquariums into terrariums for us. My daughters love it too. My youngest, 5, wanted to make a terrarium so we collected all our supplies. She remembered how to make a false bottom, made some soil, found some spring tails and remembered they are the cleanup crew. :) thanks for the inspiration, she loves the channel so much. She also wanted to message you to say hi, so, hi.
I've been following this channel for a while, and today i made my own native terrarium. Got an big empty instant coffee jar "borrowed" some gravel from the neighbors, punched a bunch of holes in some clear plastic and went into the woods to gather substrate, some nice hardscape and 2 types of moss. And it turned out great! Im for sure gonna make some more in the near future.
Thank you I'm just made a my first terrarium from my garden in the UK and a pickle jar. Looking forward to seeing how it survives as we are not the most humid of environments
Found your channel today, and was very inspired. My wife and I went to one of our state parks and gathered some fun ideas, came home and made our first terrarium. You said “enough excuses, get out there” So we did. Thank you we had a lot of fun doing so.
This is amazing, i think im going to do this with my toddler so she can learn about the ecosystems and the water cycle, its just seems like an over all fun way to learn that we can both enjoy doing together
my partner accidentally discovered that putting isopropyl alcohol on sticker residue and letting it sit for 10 seconds makes it so much easier to remove. I tried alcohol based hand sanitizer and it works just as well. I find the gel stays on irregular shaped jars much more easily. Just put it on, let it sit and wipe it off with a paper towel
Last July 2020, my little son and I made a terrarium inspired in this video. It was an amazing experience go outdoors and collect the material and set everything. 💚🌱 Thank You!
i just made one out of a pickle jar. i had the original lid but i actually preferred the plastic because of how much more light it lets in. i’ll definitely be making more of these in the future
I just took notes on this whole video to make a terrarium of my own. It is winter right now so I have to wait a little bit for at least the snow to melt to attempt this. I really love these little terrariums you make and I am going to cover my house with them! I am also going to attempt to make my fish tank and ball python enclosure bio active. I love nature and your channel can easily help guide me in the right direction. I watched other videos but they aren't so easy to understand. I like that you actually explain the point of each "layer" and what things do to keep everything living and happy!!!! Keep doing what you doing it's an amazing quality
Just made my first terrarium with stuff out of the backyard with my two boys (4&6) Thanks so much for this video- we had a great time gathering the stuff and putting it together, and it looks awesome!
Found a terrarium in a storage room we thought was dead, has a rock surrounded by star moss after 8 years of being sealed inside the jar I opened it and added water and suddenly the moss turned green and alive from the brown color it had. Any suggestions on how I can help it recover faster? :)
i tried many ideas for terrariums but was lacking a lot of things but then I found this video and succeeded in building a nice looking terrarium. Very easy . it barely takes 1 hour to complete it. it was just made with soil stones and wood that i found near my house. I thank you for this beautiful tutorial!!!!!!!!!!👍👍😄
"Now that you know how to make a terrarium completely free, you have no excuses not to make one other than laziness." I feel so attacked! xDD But seriously I've been observing the plants and mosses in my local park for months, thinking about what I would like for a terrarium but I haven't done it because I don't have all of the supplies yet (fiberglass mesh, activated carbon, container, etc.) but now maybe I just need to go out and make one for cheap like this. I just have a couple of questions... 1. I live in the northwest Pacific temperate rainforest (Vancouver, Canada) and it's still only about 10 - 15° Celsius in the daytime, is there a problem with putting cold plants and materials in a closed terrarium? And, 2. Is it okay to use an open container for this, or is closed the ideal? Love your videos, I get so excited for every Saturday now! Please keep it up. :D
Haha! I made it in response to people who have been telling me, "I'm making a terrarium soon" for the past 1.5 years... and still haven't! Also, I definitely think making a cheap one like this is a good starting place. Your climate is very similar to what's happening in the Eastern US right now, so you'll be fine. You're essentially just bringing the plants into summer, in a short amount of time. In most cases they won't mind. I would recommend keeping the container closed, so that it sustains itself.
Finally--something to do with my extensive collection of beautiful jars I've been collecting for years. Thank you for a nicely done video that was clear and to the point.
Dude awesome video, thank you so much! My wife and I have been talking about making our first terrarium but were afraid of spending a bunch of money only to make something bad. This video showed us that we can try it out without the massive expenses, I even have a big Prego jar myself waiting to be finished in the fridge! Time to have some spaghetti and build an ecosystem!
Thank you for making these videos! I love making terrariums now 😊 feels good to propagate and make new homes for my plants and moss whilst reusing old plastic. Keep up the amazing work and I hope you have a great day!
Your natural terrariums inspired me to make my very first! Mine is super simple and I don't know how long it'll last - I just took a sealable jar with me to Central Park and filled it up with dirt, algea, and water from one of the ponds, leaving a little air room at the top. It's been a week and a half, and I've already seen lots of different critters - snails, multiple little swimmy things, and two different kinds of water worms. The snails laid eggs, too! I have no idea how long it'll live, but so far it's been really neat, and totally free if I don't count the jar. :0)
Thanks a lot man! A video randomly popped up in my recommended about a terrarium in a 600 gallon tank. It looked so cool so I got motivated to make one myself. After watching this video I now know what a terrarium needs.
I like these small terrariums, simple to make, lo tech, no animals, no maintenance, no need for electricity....but quite aesthetic ! Also, I like the idea of hermetically sealed terrariums, it is like trapping air from a certain period of time, the day you open it decades laters it is like opening a time capsule :)
Thank you so much.. I didn't know that I would enjoy making these beautiful gardens... I am stuck in a flat.. This has helped me loads... Great to watch uou.. Looking forward to watching more
Pretty cool, you made it look so natural and interesting. I might have to look over my property today and see what I find, lots of moss and ferns here in the N.W.
Great video...I have all of the components except rocks, living on the East Coast of NC, but will use pebbles I’ve ordered, or perhaps broken terracotta pot fragments...I have moss in abundance but don’t know the names...will gather some and identify them. Also saw some Ressurection ferns growing on a limb of a walnut tree in our woods, and acorns galore....so much stuff I can’t name it all...I thought houseplants were going to be my passion, but seeing your video has really peaked my interest in terrariums...thanks for all of the great info...
This is surely going to send me down a rabbithole of terrarium care and foraging, but as someone with many jars I just can't part with, your video was well timed into my feed and incredibly in depth!
Im not a plant person. I have a brown thumb. But i might actually try this! Edit: my mom is the plant person in the family. I think this would be an awesome Bday or mothers day gift for her. Ill let you know if i do this.
Alyssa Grasso that’s a win-win situation right there. Your mum gets a beautiful hand made gift, something she enjoys that you have tried your hand at - and then you give it to her so she is responsible for keeping it alive, not you! 😂
@@charlotterobey1299 If you've got stuff like mice/rabbit/bird skulls, seaglass, old jewelry, pretty crystals from the souvenir section of a natural history museum, coloured beads or small plastic toys from old toy sets, with a bit of decorating flair you can make a fantasy landscape!
@@Mylifesuckslol yeah it's definitely not something to be concerned about. I have a collection of taxidermy like pelts, wings, sheds (from my snakes), skulls, and a few wet specimens. It can be a very fun hobby to get into if it's not too taboo for you.
This looks so cool! I like in a place with less growth (suburbs, near the city), but tbh a suburban terrarium sounds cool. Thank you so much for this! :)
you live in a different region ? well the thing is, you use water, so weeds will grow near your house and urban areas, pick weeds that are suitable size for the container. you can create dirt even from desert and beach sand, just put sand on strainer and add fresh water to the sand and you will have clay at the bottom, try to remove excess salt by repeating the process few times, then mix clay and sand to make dirt, you might need to add some organic matter to it, so pick some twigs, dry leaves, or even organic leftovers like potato peels, just dry what you add to prevent it from rotting. pebbles and rocks exist in all climates. finally most people have charcoal, adding a small layer of it above the barrier would filter the water, if you have no charcoal tho it can be skipped.
well we do live in a living, breathing, symbiotic environment enclosed in a transparent atmosphere complete with its own self watering system. we likely are some higher life form's version of a terrarium.
thank u! im wanting to make a terrarium but omg that tip of removing labels with razor is brilliant! im forever soaking and scrubbing the labels off so many jars i collect for sauces!! will have to try this tomorrow 😁
I made a terrarium for the first time after watching this. All it cost me was a $6 glass jar with a nice wide top. It isn't much, but I made it, thank you so much for the guidance.
Been watching most of your vid for a while now and they awesome keep em coming. You have the nak of making a natural look without the " forced" as you put it.
I’m getting ready right now to go out and get some stuff for my first terrarium. I have several glass jars I just bought and I’m going to get some tweezers and a brush before heading out to the park I disc golf at to look for all of this. I’ve been wanting to build one of these for years and this channel just inspired me to the point of actually doing it. This channel is amazing 🔥
Oh wow it’s been a year since I wrote this and I just now finished my first terrarium. I wish I could add a pic of it but it’s a lot less cool than this for sure. My wife threw out all of my bigger jars so I was limited on what I was able to use. I had some nice sticks but the jar was too small to use them. All in all it looks pretty decent considering it’s my first terrarium. I’m s 90% covered in moss with some nice long stones running along either side and a piece of bark with some moss on it as the backdrop. I could sit for hours doing this ❤
Just discovered that our cleaning lady has been washing out and stashing old glass containers under my sink. It's a literally forest of glass containers! Guess what all my friends are gonna get as presents now...! 😂
I've watched a few videos about terrariums lately but with this video you've inspired me to make my first terrarium! I can't wait to see what it becomes. Thank you
This is really awesome! Thanks for sharing. I’m going to do this with my boys! I love terrariums but it can get expensive buying everything needed. This is wonderful information!
Fungi is something you can do in terrariums, and often does pop up in native ones! Unfortunately, it's hard to control though, as some fungi can take over the terrarium and/or introduce mould.
I really want to make this but unfortunately the covid-19 has entered my city and the area I live in, so I can't go outside. Though I will try to make it from things within the outdoors of my house.
Agrees with @Live Doom, you can go outside get fresh air. The virus is people to people based, nature is not going to get you. Covid has enter many cities, including mine. I love that your utilize your outdoor space. Find a couple branches, dirt etc and shimmy yourself back in the house.
So lucky to be able to get moss... I live in wyoming so we have rocks and wood aplenty. I live by a river so I get all my substrate and a few water plants but I do love moss. Thank you for sharing!
Just stumbled across this video. I wanted a betta tank with some neon tetras and maybe a snail but my husband doesn't want a fish tank in the house XD But this could be a great alternative for me! I appreciate this so much! I live in northern Idaho which is beautiful and has a wealth of materials for something like this. I love this area and to be able to bring some of it into my room will be so soothing
Thank you so much for including how to sterilize and clean everything! I’ve recently been wanting to work on a project for my jumper but I was afraid of getting mites and other unwanted guests in his enclosure
2:00 a.m. Husband comes downstairs “Why are you awake why is there a circle cut out of the window screen and why are you pouring out the spaghetti sauce” Me: “What?”
This is awesome. My city doesn't recycle glass anymore, so this is a great way to use up those larger jars. I can't use this lid for jumping spiders, so I love this use! How often do you spritz the moss?
Thanks, man! I already made one! But I realized afterward, that I skipped a step or two! I had all of the ingredients but I forgot the screen between the substraight and the bottom rocks! Man, I was so angry. But that's okay! I'm going to fix it now! I have some fresh ingredients too! I am going to redo the first one and make another one or even two if my ingredients spread that far! I appreciate the lesson plan! Your tanks and jars are beautiful! I wish I had acorn caps in my neighborhood but that's ok! I have little sea shells I am going to throw in for beauty!
I love how you talk about the substrate being alive! So few people know what micro-organisms live in the dirt around us and the important roles they play in their ecosystems. I truly love how educational you try to be with your channel, I think it's wonderful the way you care for your plants with the same amount of love as you do your animals.
Thank you! I do the best I can without it being boring or too over bearing.
I literally went out to the bush behind my house and made a terrarium today because of this video haha. It has a pinecone in it, but not many different mosses because I live in a pretty arid part of Australia
Yeah, I really want some bigger insects in my terrarium though so I’m trying everything I can except touching them or trying to pick them up with tweezers
I know micro-organisms exist but that should be the key word. I shouldn't be able to see them. Seeing springtails around a terrarium that I thought should be insect-free would worry me about if they might get into the house, etc.
@@ajskylight936 Buy a small plastic sauce (or use the lid of a pickle jar) and shoo the insect onto the lid and then place it in your terrarium.
I built my first terrarium within a couple hours of watching this and I love it! My options for plants and decorations were quite limited to what’s in my backyard bc corona but I’m still proud of my little creation. My family also liked it and I think in the future we might build some terrariums together. Thank you so much!
That's awesome (:
Same lol now i have 3
Can you update me on how your terrarium is doing? It’s been 2 years so I’m really curious to see how it turned out.
Where's the update?
can u show u terrarium its been 2 years
Just made one of these with my 16 month old daughter. She wasn't much for designing the terrarium but as for gathering materials she was surprisingly good at picking stuff out once she saw what I was grabbing. I think this may be the first interest we've ever truly shared that she could play a constructive role in.
Building terrariums and keeping animals was a strong hobby of mine when I was younger that I fell out due to a demanding career. I would never have guessed that this period of my life would be the one I could pick up an old hobby when my attention is stretched thin between a stressful job and toddler. Instead she was actively interested in figuring out what I was picking up and which jar I was putting things in, and contributed more resources than keeping her out of trouble demanded. It was an amazing afternoon which quite possibly shared a love for the hobby, and the outdoors in general, in a much deeper way than I though she could pick up at this age.
While this is absolutely something which would have been some part of her life eventually, this video and your channel are 100% the reason we went out to do it yesterday and made it happen much sooner than it would have otherwise. I just wanted to take the chance that you would read this and that you could know that. You may not be curing cancer or digging wells in impoverished communities in Africa (that I know of), but you are absolutely doing real good in this world, and the passions you are cultivating and nurturing may even save this planet, or even help terraform another!
I’m so happy to hear that you did this with your young daughter. I nanny an 18 month old & have bought a tiny jar to do a small terrarium with him that he can hold in his hands. He’s switching over to school in about a month so I’m hoping this will be a fun memory & keepsake he can have after I’m gone 🤍
@@alittleoflolojust say 1 and a half
How are the terrarium and your daughter doing now?
@SerpaDesigns i hope you read this
Im goona make terrariums with my 6 year old grandson. I will ask him "want to make a forest?"''.
That's so cute! I hope it goes/went well!
Cool, how did it go?
@@bonefetcherbrimley7740 We can't get together due to covid19
aww that’s adorable!
@@crazymema23 tell us how it goes
I remember my mom had a great Terrarium when i was young....love it!
what
My husband's going to hate you..
I just got finished my gardening stage and now I've found your channel. 😻
Kitty 😂😂 I’m in the same boat ! I have been gardening for a few weeks myself and some how came a crossed this video and now I’m on another roll smh
What until you find the Bonsai channels, ur hubby's head will explode
My poor poor roommate was hoping winter would slow me down.... But here I am, taking notes and making plans
@@iCantLogOut I live in city town kinda area. Found moss during the summer in a constant area I hang around. Then found other types of moss.
Started collecting jars from foods we use for dinners
. I just want the carbon.
Que the evil laughter and lightning.
@boo bye Ikr lol
Him: Star moss, Liverwort, Sphagnum moss...
Me: Short grass
Me : F O O D
Me: STUFF FROM AMAZON
Yes
akita girl-btw exactly
I thought moss was moss...I had no idear there were so many varieties
I watched this morning, it's 10pm now and I've finished my first terrarium :) thank you so much for inspiring a fun single-day project as well as a possibly future interest in the hobby. Subbed.
Is it doing ok
@@laurenstokoe3855 i hope so
Is it doing ok
yearly check up: is it doing okay??
I do a lot of landscaping and your channel has given me a new way to keep myself busy 😃 i can take snippets of my clients yard (and some other goodies i find) and i can make myself a bunch of these for little to no cost. not even for profit, but as gifts for people i know or do yard work for. 😃🙏 i have a whole bunch of people who've helped me escape my demons and this is a really cool way i can gift them some of my gratitude.
I really appreciate how you first observe nature and then use it as your guide!
If more people did this regularly, the world would be such a better place...
Make a video on how to identify different mosses
yeah!
I think he has
I’d actually really appreciate this
Please, thank you. Basic manners.
He has but to me its not good enough. Sorry but hey.
Hi!
I made a ”Plant Jar” a couple of years ago, but it died after about a week or two. Everything turned black and it smelled horrible...
BUT I did’nt throw it away!
Last week I saw it in the window were I left it and there was a little, tiny green leaf!!! Now there are five or six of them and some other kind of moss or what it may be.
Never give up! Life is everywere!
:D
Meredith Grubb
Yepp! It grows! Sooo cool! I have’nt dared to touch it. The jar is just standing in the cellar window and there are even more leafs and sprouts coming up. When there is more advanced forms of life I will start a TH-cam account and show the world my jar-world 😉
@@captainjohansson126 How is your jar doing now? I'm new to this, but I'm interested in making one as a gift for my dad. I even bought a jar today :3
@@captainjohansson126 hows it doing now?
How
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I loved how you basically, nicely told everyone "Stop messaging saying you can't afford to build one! You're just F-ing lazy!" lol
And even so all the stuff is cheap as hell
@@justanothercomment u should
All my windows are packed full of terrariums and the only things I have purchased were some of my larger tanks, a 5 gallon, 15 Gallon, and 29 gallon, which were only like 70 dollars total. Terrarium making is one of the most accessible hobbies out there.
@@jg1019 That's awesome! But not as awesome as replying to a comment after 2 years goes by! 😉😆😆😆
@@jastark22181 hello people of 2022!
"Polish the outside of the glass to remove fingerprints."
-Proceeds to grab the glass multiple times.
If only we could use telekinesis lol
Or gloves
My 4 yo daughter and I went on a hike in the lowcountry of South Carolina and made our first terrarium with elements we found from the hike. It was next to a marsh and Creek. So we added a dead dried out fiddler crab, a hermit crab shell, cicada bug shells, a small live oak tree Branch with resurrection fern, some granite. My daughter loves it and wants to keep it in her room. Thank you do much for the idea. I'm inspired 🌊🏞️🌿🦀🐚🦠🐵
I made one of these almost 2 years ago from stuff in my back yard. I didn’t put any plants in there, just dirt, some bark, and a stick. It’s still alive today and has cool stuff growing in it even though I never planted anything!
You literally only put dirt, some bark & sticks?
@@BadgerBabyBoy well yes and no. I added rocks and dirt as filtering layers. I wasn’t the nicest job done but it looks great now! I threw rocks and other stuff on top along with a stick. It all grew!
@@graceneville628 Did seeds that were already in the dirt/bark grew plants eventually? Got a photo online or something on what it does look like? I have some old dried plants kept in a box, would those start growing again as well you think?
@@jorismaasvisuals Yes! New things grew as time went on. I even found a snail in there! I don’t think your dead plants will come back alive lol but their decomposition would fertilize the soul for future growth I’m sure
@@graceneville628 the snail came from the eggs you picked from the dirt without noticing..
Amazing video for a beginner. Instead of wondering how to do it or execute the project or find materials - since u covered it all - I spent my entire time as I'm watching the video planning where I'll be collecting. Which is FUN!!!! Definitely gonna have a coffee table terrarium. 😊
Ash how’s the terrarium going?
soooo... done it, Ash ? ;)
"No more excuses"
Me watching at 3 o'clock in the morning and in the middle of Enhance Community Quarantine..... yep no more excuses to get out of the house
You can make corona culture terrariums in petri dishes. stop being lazy.
Those shoes though
@@holmesdamian8047 aye )
Same here, time go outside!
Truuueeee
Me with my small jar : I'M ABOUT TO BECOME *GOD*
😄😄😄 ❤️👍
😂🤣😂
That's hilarious!
even i have a small jar lol
Someone just commented on this so it popped back up on my feed... Shadow Lurker, you still have comment of the year 😄😄😄 ❤️👍
I now had a terrarium for like almost a month now and the moss is growing like crazy! It has some tiny rocks and crystals inside it and even a tiny glass frog :3 I love it so much!
Which crystals did you use? And what other crystals could you put in a terrarium? :33
A tiny glass frog is a great idea :)
awesome vid... would you consider building light bulb terrarium in near future... great work
It's not really on my radar, but maybe I could. If anyone wants to see me make a light bulb terrarium, like Bhushan's comment!
Yeah I would like to see that too 👍
Tried it myself in the past once but unfortunately the glass broke 😶
SerpaDesign I want you to make one :)
Bhushan S. Some craft or hobby shops have light bulb shape containers of different sizes rather than using an actual lightbulb and breaking out the filament.
can u make one that grow strawberry?
Such a underrated channel.... You should have a million plus subs by now!
Haha maybe some day!
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This video filled my soul with pure energy
Been watching your channel for years now. Just built our first DIY terrarium with my 6 year old son. We are hooked, wish I hadn't waited so long. Thanks so much for your quality content.
I decided yesterday to get off of social media and do better with my time. This was my first video I choose....I consider this a absolutely perfect start. Thank you so much for sharing ❤️
I definitely want to see an update on this one in 3-6 months. Great job.
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I've finally a found a hobby for the rest of my life... Thank you!
Curious is this still a hobby of yours
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You still doing this? I just started
I wanna get into this hobby. I was originally planning on getting fish, but it's too expensive for my broke *ss. Instead I think ima go for terrariums, they seem much less expensive and still look really good.
Hi Tanner, love your channel, it's nice to expand from aquariums into terrariums for us. My daughters love it too. My youngest, 5, wanted to make a terrarium so we collected all our supplies. She remembered how to make a false bottom, made some soil, found some spring tails and remembered they are the cleanup crew. :) thanks for the inspiration, she loves the channel so much. She also wanted to message you to say hi, so, hi.
I've been following this channel for a while, and today i made my own native terrarium. Got an big empty instant coffee jar "borrowed" some gravel from the neighbors, punched a bunch of holes in some clear plastic and went into the woods to gather substrate, some nice hardscape and 2 types of moss. And it turned out great! Im for sure gonna make some more in the near future.
Thank you I'm just made a my first terrarium from my garden in the UK and a pickle jar. Looking forward to seeing how it survives as we are not the most humid of environments
That's actually one of the most aesthetically pleasing terrariums I've seen so far. Good job.
I love your earth art.. you are like the Bob Ross of jars! ❤️
Bob Moss
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Found your channel today, and was very inspired. My wife and I went to one of our state parks and gathered some fun ideas, came home and made our first terrarium. You said “enough excuses, get out there” So we did. Thank you we had a lot of fun doing so.
Is your terrarium still alive?
Update!
This is amazing, i think im going to do this with my toddler so she can learn about the ecosystems and the water cycle, its just seems like an over all fun way to learn that we can both enjoy doing together
I made mine -- went to the river and picked up my materials one week ago-- so far so good, wish I could show you a pic.
It's amazing how those seemingly minute design choices make such a huge difference in the appearance of the terrarium. You're a true artist!
This project rocked. I think that this project might have finally convinced me to start my own terrarium. Thanks again for all of the awesome videos!
Keiko Mushi same here
my partner accidentally discovered that putting isopropyl alcohol on sticker residue and letting it sit for 10 seconds makes it so much easier to remove. I tried alcohol based hand sanitizer and it works just as well. I find the gel stays on irregular shaped jars much more easily. Just put it on, let it sit and wipe it off with a paper towel
Last July 2020, my little son and I made a terrarium inspired in this video. It was an amazing experience go outdoors and collect the material and set everything. 💚🌱 Thank You!
i just made one out of a pickle jar. i had the original lid but i actually preferred the plastic because of how much more light it lets in. i’ll definitely be making more of these in the future
I just took notes on this whole video to make a terrarium of my own. It is winter right now so I have to wait a little bit for at least the snow to melt to attempt this. I really love these little terrariums you make and I am going to cover my house with them! I am also going to attempt to make my fish tank and ball python enclosure bio active. I love nature and your channel can easily help guide me in the right direction. I watched other videos but they aren't so easy to understand. I like that you actually explain the point of each "layer" and what things do to keep everything living and happy!!!! Keep doing what you doing it's an amazing quality
Just made my first terrarium with stuff out of the backyard with my two boys (4&6) Thanks so much for this video- we had a great time gathering the stuff and putting it together, and it looks awesome!
Found a terrarium in a storage room we thought was dead, has a rock surrounded by star moss after 8 years of being sealed inside the jar I opened it and added water and suddenly the moss turned green and alive from the brown color it had. Any suggestions on how I can help it recover faster? :)
Just let it do it's thing. It will come back in time!
Thanks :)
@@cynthiakitty8344 any updates on the moss? :)
yeah, how's it going?
Is it good now?
i tried many ideas for terrariums but was lacking a lot of things but then I found this video and succeeded in building a nice looking terrarium. Very easy . it barely takes 1 hour to complete it. it was just made with soil stones and wood that i found near my house. I thank you for this beautiful tutorial!!!!!!!!!!👍👍😄
My partner and I made our first terrarium yesterday as a little birthday activity! Heaps of fun, and it's looking great! Thanks for your help!
"Now that you know how to make a terrarium completely free, you have no excuses not to make one other than laziness."
I feel so attacked! xDD
But seriously I've been observing the plants and mosses in my local park for months, thinking about what I would like for a terrarium but I haven't done it because I don't have all of the supplies yet (fiberglass mesh, activated carbon, container, etc.) but now maybe I just need to go out and make one for cheap like this.
I just have a couple of questions...
1. I live in the northwest Pacific temperate rainforest (Vancouver, Canada) and it's still only about 10 - 15° Celsius in the daytime, is there a problem with putting cold plants and materials in a closed terrarium? And,
2. Is it okay to use an open container for this, or is closed the ideal?
Love your videos, I get so excited for every Saturday now! Please keep it up. :D
Haha! I made it in response to people who have been telling me, "I'm making a terrarium soon" for the past 1.5 years... and still haven't! Also, I definitely think making a cheap one like this is a good starting place.
Your climate is very similar to what's happening in the Eastern US right now, so you'll be fine. You're essentially just bringing the plants into summer, in a short amount of time. In most cases they won't mind. I would recommend keeping the container closed, so that it sustains itself.
Love your videos! You motivated me to start making terrariums and I love it :D ! The first one ended dying, but the other three are doing perfect !
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Finally--something to do with my extensive collection of beautiful jars I've been collecting for years.
Thank you for a nicely done video that was clear and to the point.
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Dude awesome video, thank you so much! My wife and I have been talking about making our first terrarium but were afraid of spending a bunch of money only to make something bad. This video showed us that we can try it out without the massive expenses, I even have a big Prego jar myself waiting to be finished in the fridge! Time to have some spaghetti and build an ecosystem!
Thank you for making these videos! I love making terrariums now 😊 feels good to propagate and make new homes for my plants and moss whilst reusing old plastic. Keep up the amazing work and I hope you have a great day!
"I just kinda walk around and see what's going on, ya know?"
Dude. Everyday.
imagine going for your early morning jog to see a man in toe shoes digging for moss on your local trail
I am that man
Bring a camera and capture the experience of a habitat making man in the habitat he makes......
Until today I had never even heard of toe shoes. Want!
i was getting some weird looks the other day, even without the toe shoes
Your natural terrariums inspired me to make my very first! Mine is super simple and I don't know how long it'll last - I just took a sealable jar with me to Central Park and filled it up with dirt, algea, and water from one of the ponds, leaving a little air room at the top. It's been a week and a half, and I've already seen lots of different critters - snails, multiple little swimmy things, and two different kinds of water worms. The snails laid eggs, too! I have no idea how long it'll live, but so far it's been really neat, and totally free if I don't count the jar. :0)
Im really curious, did your terrarium last?
Just made one with an old jar that was use for coffee and it turned out looking great, thanks man!
Thanks a lot man! A video randomly popped up in my recommended about a terrarium in a 600 gallon tank. It looked so cool so I got motivated to make one myself. After watching this video I now know what a terrarium needs.
I like these small terrariums, simple to make, lo tech, no animals, no maintenance, no need for electricity....but quite aesthetic !
Also, I like the idea of hermetically sealed
terrariums, it is like trapping air from a certain period of time, the day you open it decades laters it is like opening a time capsule :)
Thank you so much.. I didn't know that I would enjoy making these beautiful gardens... I am stuck in a flat.. This has helped me loads... Great to watch uou.. Looking forward to watching more
Pretty cool, you made it look so natural and interesting. I might have to look over my property today and see what I find, lots of moss and ferns here in the N.W.
Agreed
Brother, I’ve found you!
Great video...I have all of the components except rocks, living on the East Coast of NC, but will use pebbles I’ve ordered, or perhaps broken terracotta pot fragments...I have moss in abundance but don’t know the names...will gather some and identify them. Also saw some Ressurection ferns growing on a limb of a walnut tree in our woods, and acorns galore....so much stuff I can’t name it all...I thought houseplants were going to be my passion, but seeing your video has really peaked my interest in terrariums...thanks for all of the great info...
This is surely going to send me down a rabbithole of terrarium care and foraging, but as someone with many jars I just can't part with, your video was well timed into my feed and incredibly in depth!
Im not a plant person. I have a brown thumb. But i might actually try this!
Edit: my mom is the plant person in the family. I think this would be an awesome Bday or mothers day gift for her. Ill let you know if i do this.
Alyssa Grasso that’s a win-win situation right there. Your mum gets a beautiful hand made gift, something she enjoys that you have tried your hand at - and then you give it to her so she is responsible for keeping it alive, not you! 😂
Thanks for the idea! I’m gonna make it for my mum
How’d it go?
I love making almost free terrariums! I have made several over the years. Thank you for sharing. Awesome video. ❤️🌿
I'd love to see a terrarium featuring a quartz crystal
Omg😍
@@charlotterobey1299 If you've got stuff like mice/rabbit/bird skulls, seaglass, old jewelry, pretty crystals from the souvenir section of a natural history museum, coloured beads or small plastic toys from old toy sets, with a bit of decorating flair you can make a fantasy landscape!
@@slyfoxcub6578 I'm more concerned about your first three options
@@Mylifesuckslol yeah it's definitely not something to be concerned about. I have a collection of taxidermy like pelts, wings, sheds (from my snakes), skulls, and a few wet specimens. It can be a very fun hobby to get into if it's not too taboo for you.
@@--LOVE-U-ff1cu I'm curious, what do you mean by wet specimens?
This looks so cool! I like in a place with less growth (suburbs, near the city), but tbh a suburban terrarium sounds cool. Thank you so much for this! :)
you live in a different region ? well the thing is, you use water, so weeds will grow near your house and urban areas, pick weeds that are suitable size for the container.
you can create dirt even from desert and beach sand, just put sand on strainer and add fresh water to the sand and you will have clay at the bottom, try to remove excess salt by repeating the process few times, then mix clay and sand to make dirt, you might need to add some organic matter to it, so pick some twigs, dry leaves, or even organic leftovers like potato peels, just dry what you add to prevent it from rotting.
pebbles and rocks exist in all climates.
finally most people have charcoal, adding a small layer of it above the barrier would filter the water, if you have no charcoal tho it can be skipped.
Greetings from Germany. I can’t wait for the snow to melt so that I can go out and collect. Love your videos. Thanks!!!
I'd love to be able to just grab things from my backyard but everything is poisonous in Australia... Even the plants😂
Kat Kenworthy i felt that 😞
Ikr love from Sydney
We do have some mosses and some beautiful native grasses, we also have some carnivores plants varying throughout Australia
Some kinds of Sheep.
Yep Sydney life
Guys what if we are also living inside someone's terrarium 🙄🤯
well we do live in a living, breathing, symbiotic environment enclosed in a transparent atmosphere complete with its own self watering system. we likely are some higher life form's version of a terrarium.
@@chaoticzen wow that makes me feel a little better about myself lol
Aditya Thakar explain what NASA has accomplished
@@truthfullyhonest3884 what has it
@@Abbanellie Ikr!!!!
thank u! im wanting to make a terrarium but omg that tip of removing labels with razor is brilliant! im forever soaking and scrubbing the labels off so many jars i collect for sauces!! will have to try this tomorrow 😁
I made a terrarium for the first time after watching this. All it cost me was a $6 glass jar with a nice wide top. It isn't much, but I made it, thank you so much for the guidance.
Liverworts are great under the microscope because their leaflets are 1 cell thick.
Been watching most of your vid for a while now and they awesome keep em coming. You have the nak of making a natural look without the " forced" as you put it.
I'm gonna try this when snow melts cuz I live in perfect area for making one lots of moss and rich soil ect..so nice vid
Awesome video! I’m about to make 1000 of these and put them all over my house. Maybe a couple in a detail shop at work!
I’m getting ready right now to go out and get some stuff for my first terrarium. I have several glass jars I just bought and I’m going to get some tweezers and a brush before heading out to the park I disc golf at to look for all of this. I’ve been wanting to build one of these for years and this channel just inspired me to the point of actually doing it. This channel is amazing 🔥
Oh wow it’s been a year since I wrote this and I just now finished my first terrarium. I wish I could add a pic of it but it’s a lot less cool than this for sure. My wife threw out all of my bigger jars so I was limited on what I was able to use. I had some nice sticks but the jar was too small to use them. All in all it looks pretty decent considering it’s my first terrarium. I’m s 90% covered in moss with some nice long stones running along either side and a piece of bark with some moss on it as the backdrop. I could sit for hours doing this ❤
Just discovered that our cleaning lady has been washing out and stashing old glass containers under my sink. It's a literally forest of glass containers!
Guess what all my friends are gonna get as presents now...! 😂
Let’s be real finance was only a scapegoat for the laziness. And now you’ve gone and taken it away. Great vid
Exactly! No more excuses, just action! 😎
You can go to a recycle bin for a free jar! :) Thank you, Tanner, I'm learning a lot from your videos!
I've watched a few videos about terrariums lately but with this video you've inspired me to make my first terrarium! I can't wait to see what it becomes. Thank you
This is really awesome! Thanks for sharing. I’m going to do this with my boys! I love terrariums but it can get expensive buying everything needed. This is wonderful information!
My dad is military and I think I’m going to make a terrarium for every place I go
Love this idea my back yard is a national forest. Going to go on a nice hike an make one this weekend!
I did one ! Im so glad, thanks for giving me the idea and motivation !
Me too
Thank you for the push, I needed it! 🙏 I have now created my first jar terrarium! Kind of hard to find moss in San Antonio but I did lol!
So this is what you call a Terrarium thanks man now I have the perfect hobby for me and I ain't getting bored of this soon
Very cool. Gotta love eating breakfeast Ang watching tanner the day before a reptile expo
Haha thanks Allen! Enjoy the show!
Allen Jay lol i saw your comment about fire skinks on clints reptiles new vid
you just got yourself another sub! this is such a underrated channel!!!
-maybe working with fungi in your terrariums in the future?
Fungi is something you can do in terrariums, and often does pop up in native ones! Unfortunately, it's hard to control though, as some fungi can take over the terrarium and/or introduce mould.
I really want to make this but unfortunately the covid-19 has entered my city and the area I live in, so I can't go outside. Though I will try to make it from things within the outdoors of my house.
That's my plan for today :)
You are a free human being, please go outside, be careful.
@@livedoom what a comment, ure obviously one of those who didnt understand
Agrees with @Live Doom, you can go outside get fresh air. The virus is people to people based, nature is not going to get you. Covid has enter many cities, including mine. I love that your utilize your outdoor space. Find a couple branches, dirt etc and shimmy yourself back in the house.
@Creature Art 10 feet is safer
So lucky to be able to get moss... I live in wyoming so we have rocks and wood aplenty. I live by a river so I get all my substrate and a few water plants but I do love moss. Thank you for sharing!
just made my first couple and they are truly hypnotic. I cannot stop watching them. thanks tanner!
people be like: BUT WE CANT PAY FOR THE SOAP!!! THIS ISNT A FREE TERRARUIM
how are you even watching this video??
No one can stop me from filling my house with tiny terrariums now muAhahah
Yay a new video! Get'em Tanner, you make those Terrariums
Just stumbled across this video. I wanted a betta tank with some neon tetras and maybe a snail but my husband doesn't want a fish tank in the house XD But this could be a great alternative for me! I appreciate this so much! I live in northern Idaho which is beautiful and has a wealth of materials for something like this. I love this area and to be able to bring some of it into my room will be so soothing
Thank you so much for including how to sterilize and clean everything! I’ve recently been wanting to work on a project for my jumper but I was afraid of getting mites and other unwanted guests in his enclosure
I'm struggling to tell if this is a joke
2:00 a.m.
Husband comes downstairs
“Why are you awake why is there a circle cut out of the window screen and why are you pouring out the spaghetti sauce”
Me: “What?”
bro xD
Me at 2:00 AM desperate to go outside and start mine right now
I just made my first ever terrarium and all I bought was a jar. Thank you so much for all your inspiration! Much love and gratitude 🙏🏾💚
That's great! You don't need much to make it happen! Enjoy your terrarium 🌿
This is awesome. My city doesn't recycle glass anymore, so this is a great way to use up those larger jars. I can't use this lid for jumping spiders, so I love this use! How often do you spritz the moss?
Once you get the water balance right? never! thats why its a closed system! :)
Thanks, man! I already made one! But I realized afterward, that I skipped a step or two! I had all of the ingredients but I forgot the screen between the substraight and the bottom rocks! Man, I was so angry. But that's okay! I'm going to fix it now! I have some fresh ingredients too! I am going to redo the first one and make another one or even two if my ingredients spread that far! I appreciate the lesson plan! Your tanks and jars are beautiful! I wish I had acorn caps in my neighborhood but that's ok! I have little sea shells I am going to throw in for beauty!