👀 My First Two Bottle Gardens - Meet ‘Bitcoin’ & ‘Ethereum’ - Which One Will Survive The Longest?
Today I decided to do something I’ve never done before: create my first bottle garden (two actually). The idea popped into my head since last Saturday somebody I met at a birthday party told me about a bottle garden (‘flestuin’ in Dutch).
It basically is a terrarium inside a bottle. Once you close it you never have to open it anymore and it becomes an ecosystem on its own. No maintenance, nice!
I looked up a few examples online and it seemed easy to do. Yesterday I bought two nice bottles for my first bottle gardens and some decorative little stones. Today I went outside to look for stuff in from the local park (Westerpark in Amsterdam) to put inside the bottles.
When I came back I made some coffee and got started. I used tweezers, a funnel made of paper and a spoon to get everything in the right place. I ended up not using everything I got from the park though. Too much dirt and most plants were too big. Still, I am quite happy with the end result :-P
End result
Process
*The corks are there for the pictures, since you have to wait a few days before you actually close the garden. Also, the bottle gardens should not be in direct sunlight.
Of course, these bottle gardens should have a title/name. I bring you ‘Bitcoin’ and ‘Ethereum’. Nice to meet you!
Let’s see which survives the longest ;-)
Bitcoin
Ethereum
I am definitely not a pro at things with plants, so I probably made some newbie mistakes that will cause these two bottle gardens not to live eternally. For instance, I know that I should have added a bit or charcoal, but was too lazy to buy it. I will do that next time.
Cheers! Now I am going to read about bottle gardens a bit more to prepare for a bigger one ;-)
What an awesome idea! Thank you for sharing it. I'm not very good at looking after flowers, but I will surely try making something like this too.
Thanks! It is quite easy actually. I recommend to start with a relatively small bottle with a wide hole to not make it too difficult for yourself.
Wow! very cool!
Very nice, and what species of plants?
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look my big terrarium:
https://steemit.com/animals/@kamilkowalski/rzekotka-australijska-litoria-caerulea-breeding
Wow! There are actually frogs in your terrarium? How cool is that!
Mine are very basic, I just wanted to try it out. I am planning to buy a big bottle and make a 'professional' bottle garden though. I guess I will also have to do some solid research into the plants when I do that :-)
Yes, I have frogs there :) :D
If you make a new one let me know :) and show photos :)
Photos from the terrarium construction:
http://www.spis-hodowcow.pl/kamil-katalog-187#galeria_hodowcy
this is my other terrarium, it has 80x80x80cm:
Whoa! That's actually super cool! I have my own mini indoor moestuintje, but nothing as tiny as that! Hope it survives.. ! If it doesn't it probably stops looking nice pretty quickly
Haha cool, a mini indoor moestuintje!
My goal is to have a flestuin in a nice big bottle before Bitcoin or Ethereum dies ;-)
Hi @cryptotem,
Your blog is really good!
Thanks :)
Thanks! Which one do you think will survive the longest?
You are so creative, it looks lovely! I hope they both survive :-)
Thanks @sunnydidi! I hope so too :-)
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Very nice. I will do something similar. Thank you.
That is a super idea! Clever names too lol
Ghgheghe thanks! Update: they are both still very much alive!
I like it! And do I need a certain kind of a cork to keep the ecosystem airtight?
Nope, just a normal cork should work. The challenge is to have the right humidity in there. I will give an update on these two next week or so.
Thank you, I am waiting for the following posts on this topic)
Sangat bagus.pohon apa itu
Thanks! I don't know which plant it is actually :-P