Journal
What we learn while planting, and what we get wrong. Mostly about water, light and moss — the three things a sealed jar is made of.
Written in the shop, published every other Tuesday. No newsletters about newsletters.
A closed terrarium is a water cycle you can watch from the sofa. Where the moisture goes, why the glass fogs before breakfast and clears by lunch, and the one number that tells you whether to intervene at all.
With a cutaway drawing, the maths for a 4 litre vessel, and the reason we now leave the lid off for exactly one hour before sealing.
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Two hundred of them live in a teaspoon of soil, eat whatever dies back, and never need feeding. How to tell if yours are still in there.
It is nearly always light, water or air, in that order. What to change first, what to leave alone, and how long recovery honestly takes.
The shape decides how much you can see and how often you have to reach in. A short guide to getting it right the first time.
Renting, north-facing and short on sill space is not a problem. What to grow, where to put it, and the two plants to give up on.
What you may take, what you may not, and why we stopped taking anything from the same wall twice.
A little fog in the morning is healthy. Fog that never clears is a message about light or water, and it is worth reading early.