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    okietriker Seedling

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  3. Jerry Sullivan

    Jerry Sullivan Garden Experimenter Plants Contributor

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    Great looking terrariums!! No wonder they are sold so quickly. They have all the right ingredients for a lot of fun. How large are they? It's a little hard to gauge.

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    okietriker Seedling

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    They're a 2 gallon jar. Thanks!
     
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    Jewell Incorrigible Gardener Plants Contributor

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    Wonderful work. Some people are very lucky.
     



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    eileen Resident Taxonomist Staff Member Moderator Plants Contributor

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    You obviously have a real talent for making terraniums Okietriker. They are really lovely and I'm not in the least surprised that they sell so easily. :-D
     
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    okietriker Seedling

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    Thank You! Ahh, well, really I just started doing them in the last couple of months. They just seem to be getting better the more I do. I want to do some narrow neck bottles but Frank has to make me a pair of tweezers yet to get that done. :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
     
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    Very cool... all of them.
    I have an old glass water jug... probably like 5 gallons... or whatever the regular size of those things are. Hubby said I should turn it into a terrarium. I just don't see how it could be done... unless, of course, I had one of your long tweezers!
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    When he gets mine made, hopefully this weekend, I'll try them and see how they work. They are made from a wire clothshanger. These will work for the old Quart Ball jar I'm going to use. I haven't tried the 5 gallon jug yet but those would need a real looong pair of thin tweezers. I have seen 18" ones selling on eBay. I may yet order one of those.
     
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    Here's a picture of the clothes hanger tweezers. Frank just made mine but I haven't tried them yet. They should work for the Ball glass jar I need them for.
    They may be too wide for a water bottle. You could try using a wood dowl rod.




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    sewNsow In Flower

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    Those are really pretty. I made some long,long time ago. I would like to do one featuring Moon Valley Pilea. They used to have 5 gallon glass jars that were flat on 1 side.They had an opening big enough to get your hand in.
    Doris
     
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    I haven't seen any of those jars but they really sound neat!
     
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    Those tweezers look great... let us know how they work out for you.
     
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    cuatro-gatos In Flower

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    I love terrariums. Takes me back to the 1970's when they were big.
     
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    I LOVE THAT CANNING JAR!!!!!!!!!!The tweezers are cool too 8)
     

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