Time for a new terrarium

Maybe it's because it's autumn, and there's not much going on in my garden right now, but I've suddenly gotten interested in terrariums again. I say "again" because I remember having a fling (so to speak) with them back in the 80s (maybe they were trendy then). Anyway, I know I had one once, and I remember using the wrong kind of charcoal in the bottom, so my poor little bottle-bound plants eventually got too wet and soggy and died in their glass enclosure.

But lately I've spotted some cute little terrariums on Etsy.com, and today I stumbled across a new book by gardening author Tovah Martin. It's called The New Terrarium, and it looks lovely. Here's the cover:




Think I will go slow this time. Over the weekend, I hope to hunt around in the local Goodwill shop for a couple of interesting looking old bottles or glass bowls with lids. Then I'll find a nice, green patch of moss in my woods and carefully dig it up and plant it in my containers--with the right kind of charcoal and pebbles at the bottom this time. for proper drainage. If all goes well, I might get more adventurous and try some of the exotic plantings like the ones in Tovah's book!