African Violets and Gesneriads: My First Terrarium & Other Chatter, 0 by kimskreations

kimskreations wrote:
Well.....FINALLY after what seems like forever, I feel strong enough to sit and chat.
As many of you know, I am trying to quit smoking. Sitting at the computer was a trigger for me and I have been trying to avoid it as much as possible. But today is a good day so I thought I would sit and "catch up" with all my friends here :)

I have been also having a very difficult time with the absence of our beloved Gail. I have been debating whether or not to carry on here or not and have decided that although I truly felt a bond with Gail that I have MANY friends here that I would miss SO much if I were to leave. So with that being said, you are all stuck with me *lol*

I will NEVER grow as good as Gail but have tried to learn as much as I can from all of you and grow with it each day.

So this terrarium thing is a whole new world to me and I have never tried one before. Last Friday hubby and I went to a cheap outlet store called Marden's here in Maine. I saw this AWESOME jar and decided it would make a PERFECT terrarium. It was only $3.99. Marden's is the kind of place that if you don't buy it when you see it, it will be gone when you go back.

I came home and was having super withdrawals as it was my first day trying not to smoke. So I looked at the jar and looked at all my babies to see if I could get any kind of cuttings whatsoever. I took my little episcia's (which are in those little fruit cups and I rooted all by myself) and some of them had little teeenie tiny stolons of their own. I grabbed my miniature nose hair scissors *lmao* and started clipping away.

First, here is a shot of my new terrarium: