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As my mom would say, you can never have too many plants in your house (or outside, judging from her backyard). Terrariums are a great solution for small apartments and those of us who haven’t inherited a green thumb. A walk around the neighborhood or your local park should provide everything you need for your (free!) customized ecosystem.

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All you need for your own terrarium is:
Glass jar (I keep all jam, pickle and sauce jars for this purpose)
Soil (bought or scooped from somewhere, we won’t judge)
Moss, succulents, small ferns
Pebbles (for accents)
Care:
Once they are planted and watered they don’t need much attention, if you can recycle a mister and give them a spray once in a while that keeps them quite happy, or just a few sprinkles of water works fine.

For a nice walk through of the process, DesignSponge had a good post on the subject:
Found Terrariums

We like to take moss-hunting walks where we commandeer moss and other succulents from the neighborhood, as well as pebbles, rocks, small pine cones and anything that strikes us as looking good in a jar.

Beware- this could become an obsession, and you might find yourself hoarding glass jars and compulsively picking up moss bits- you’ve been warned. More pictures of our collection here.