...due to some positive suggestions by others I've started this thread up so that instead of clogging up other threads with gardening stuff etc this might be a better place to post that stuff... this thread will either die a quick death or hang around for a while... either way people need to contribute to it to make it worthwhile... as you all know I'm not shy in showing all of my gardens/terrariums etc at a drop of a hat 
but it would be great for others to participate too...
...I guess that if nothing else... you guys won't be bombarded with having to look at all my ramblings about my latest gardening type projects on the other threads all the time... if you do want to look at mine and other peoples projects then you will need to actually come into this thread on your own free will to see them lol!......
...just to start the thread up I might 'copy' and 'paste' some of the stuff that I started up in the other threads into this one so as to continue posting in the line of events being that we're only 9 days into the new year there won't be too much to transfer... here's my original post for this year to start things off with...
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...in that post I said that I had another 2 bottles and had plans for one of them at least... here's that part of my quote...
...and Shaydee you responded with...
...well guess what?... I've spent the entire day creating that very thing... I'd like to present to you my very first messterpiece of 2016... tadaaa!... my new Carnivorous Terrarium!... first the front and the right hand side views...
...and now the back view and you can see the original temperature indicator strip that was placed on the bottle in the lab where it used to be with Hydrochloric Acid in it at the time... that really is handy for me to know when I need to water it lol!...
...and now some close-up's of the plants themselves... there are Venus Fly Traps and various different species of Pitcher Plants... unfortunately Bunnings had no 'Sundew Plants' that I was really hoping to get my hands on so I'm now hunting elsewhere to find one or two...
...and finally where the terrarium now lives... it's next to our Buddha that my darling wife makes sure to rub his tummy to bring her good luck at Bingo each time that she goes lol!... and also near my fibreglass 'Cat' and 'Dog's... (the dog is named 'Cat' and the cat is named 'Dog' just to mess with the grandkids heads... I'm just so evil at times... mauwahahahahah!... lol!)...
...when you look closely at the bottle the bottom row of pebbles and the soil itself may seem a tad bit too deep which restricts the height for the tall pitcher plants to grow to some but I did that on purpose because I read on a forum that the deeper the bottom row of stones (which store water) and the deeper the soil actually helps the plants survive the cold temperatures of winter because the root systems go deeper to protect themselves from the cold... hence the restrictions on the growing height... I saw a bottle on the Internet where all the tall Pitcher Plants were growing out of the neck of the bottle high into the air... I'm hoping that mine do the same... it looked awesome!... lol!...
...anyhow... that's my first project of 2016 done!... woohoo!... I hope that you all like it... it was such great fun to do... it really was... (I hope that you all had a great New Years night and didn't have too bad a hangover this morning lol!)... cheers.
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...well... now that's done perhaps we can now get the ball rolling with this thread... I may re-post the other stuff that I did into this thread too for continuity to be in line with what has already been posted in the other threads otherwise people may lose track on which threads they saw all of the stuff before...
...just so that everyone knows... I'm by no means a gardening expert but I do know a few things to do with the garden and plants etc... but please don't think that this thread is 'MY' thread... it's for everyone lol!... cheers.
but it would be great for others to participate too......I guess that if nothing else... you guys won't be bombarded with having to look at all my ramblings about my latest gardening type projects on the other threads all the time... if you do want to look at mine and other peoples projects then you will need to actually come into this thread on your own free will to see them lol!...
......just to start the thread up I might 'copy' and 'paste' some of the stuff that I started up in the other threads into this one so as to continue posting in the line of events being that we're only 9 days into the new year there won't be too much to transfer... here's my original post for this year to start things off with...
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...in that post I said that I had another 2 bottles and had plans for one of them at least... here's that part of my quote...
...and Shaydee you responded with...
...well guess what?... I've spent the entire day creating that very thing... I'd like to present to you my very first messterpiece of 2016... tadaaa!... my new Carnivorous Terrarium!... first the front and the right hand side views...
...and now the back view and you can see the original temperature indicator strip that was placed on the bottle in the lab where it used to be with Hydrochloric Acid in it at the time... that really is handy for me to know when I need to water it lol!...
...and now some close-up's of the plants themselves... there are Venus Fly Traps and various different species of Pitcher Plants... unfortunately Bunnings had no 'Sundew Plants' that I was really hoping to get my hands on so I'm now hunting elsewhere to find one or two...
...and finally where the terrarium now lives... it's next to our Buddha that my darling wife makes sure to rub his tummy to bring her good luck at Bingo each time that she goes lol!... and also near my fibreglass 'Cat' and 'Dog's... (the dog is named 'Cat' and the cat is named 'Dog' just to mess with the grandkids heads... I'm just so evil at times... mauwahahahahah!... lol!)...
...when you look closely at the bottle the bottom row of pebbles and the soil itself may seem a tad bit too deep which restricts the height for the tall pitcher plants to grow to some but I did that on purpose because I read on a forum that the deeper the bottom row of stones (which store water) and the deeper the soil actually helps the plants survive the cold temperatures of winter because the root systems go deeper to protect themselves from the cold... hence the restrictions on the growing height... I saw a bottle on the Internet where all the tall Pitcher Plants were growing out of the neck of the bottle high into the air... I'm hoping that mine do the same... it looked awesome!... lol!...
...anyhow... that's my first project of 2016 done!... woohoo!... I hope that you all like it... it was such great fun to do... it really was... (I hope that you all had a great New Years night and didn't have too bad a hangover this morning lol!)... cheers.
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...well... now that's done perhaps we can now get the ball rolling with this thread... I may re-post the other stuff that I did into this thread too for continuity to be in line with what has already been posted in the other threads otherwise people may lose track on which threads they saw all of the stuff before...
...just so that everyone knows... I'm by no means a gardening expert but I do know a few things to do with the garden and plants etc... but please don't think that this thread is 'MY' thread... it's for everyone lol!... cheers.
... I'll see what I can do Lindsay my good friend... cheers.
