Turn a Old Aquarium Tank to an Indoor Garden

 

Budding Garden in my Living Room

I had this fish tank for more than three decades. It belonged to my uncle who gave it to us when he moved to US. In these years, it has seen many new fishes, different layout, change in location as we moved house.  One of the favorite fish was Simson with dark orangish shade. However, with years of usage, the tar coat on the base started to crack and leaks started to form. 

I remember how I tied it behind my cycle and went all the way to meen amavam at Vazudacadu ( MP Appan Road). He did a neat job of repairing it with fresh layer of tar kind of stuff and it began a new lease of life. 

And after many years, the leakage started. This time, it was shelved. No longer any shop repaired this kind of fish tank. 

Now in 2020, I decided to reuse it as a mini garden space. Luckily it fitted correctly in our showcase in the living room. 

What you see now is the growth of plants after two months. There are still spaces which needs to be landscaped. Hope to start one more of such project 

Leaky Fish Tank 

Garden Care Nursery Ulsoor 2019 Pictures

 

Insect Killer plant 

Garden Care Nursery Ulsoor

Fittonia at Indo American Nursery Ulsoor

 

Red and Green Fittonia

Collection of Red Fittonia 

New Stock at Indo American Nursery

Love for Plant Stands

 

Plant Stand 

Being fickle in thought, I fall in love with most things that fall on my radar. One of the things I like these days are the well made plant stands. The picture of stand shared here was taken from a shop at Indira Nagar, which sells all sorts gift pieces, home decor things and stands like these. 

As my purse didn't permit me to buy this, all I could do was take a picture and then figure out a way to make it at home. 

Months and days has passed and I saw this picture and decided to bring more limelight. So, this public posting will remind me to try making this. 

Bye

Biju Charles

I, Me and My Plants

 

All set for the terrarium Class

Plant Collection 

Spider Haworthia and Bromilard

 

Spider Plant Succulent 

Spider Haworthia

Bromilard 

Begonia

Selaginella Brownii at Garden Centre Trivandrum

 

Selaginella Brownii

At Garden Care 

This pic was taken at Garden Centre, Kamaleshwaram, Trivandrum. During this time, this particular plant was appearing in many nurseries in Trivandrum. When asked for its name, most would say some kind of fern or some said it's called brain fern and also called Happy Fern.

Selaginella Brownii in Town ( Kraus's Mounding Spikemoss )

Thanks to Google, I landed in this site ( Pumpkinbeth), I finally got the name of the plant right. As the name goes, it has some semblance to selaginella ( club moss). However, it's more delicate plant to grow at home. Most times, the plant I had bought from store has wilted in no time, leaving just an empty pot with a threadbare dried stocks. 

As per the info given, it's said that this plant requires shade and soil should be a well drained one 

Buy Succulents Online

Succulents - Online Sales

Sharing the screen shot of succulents bought by a Facebook friend. These succulents has arived in good shape and the price too is reasonable.

After seeing the pics, I'm sharing the facebook details of nursery for you to contact them and buy succulents.

Gabriel Flora House

Facebook Link: https://www.facebook.com/gabriel.f.house

Plant Stands

These are images downloaded from the Internet. I wanted to use these as reference to make something similar. If you like them, you too can use these images as inspiratoin and make something unique for your garden.

I'm sharing it so that I can use it as a reference. I am not sure about the source of these images or else, I would have given the source and link of the site for reference and credit. 

Visit to Garden Centre Trivandrum

Air Plant

Alocasia Plant

Fittonia Collection

Fittonia 

Garden Centre 

Garden Centre Nursery Shop

Money Plant ( pothos)

Garden Centre, Kamaleswaram NSS Office, Trivandrum Vizhinjam Rd, Kamaleshwaram, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala 695009, India

Open Container Garden at Nursery Store Indo American Nursery Ulsoor

Open Terrarium at Indo American Store Ulsoor

Baby Tears - garden store Indo American

Repotting Haworthia

Haworthia is a common succulent found in most nurseries in Bangalore. I have bought many from the close by plant nurseries - Indo American and Garden Care at Ulsoor.

However, I must say that I haven't tired to propagate these little house plants. One thing that stops me from reporting and making new saplings is my long absence and lack of care during that time I'm away.

Another thing is that I was bit lazy to spend that time to create a new soil for the plant to grow. But, looking at the above video, I got a bit inspired to try repotting and making better soil that what was given from the nursery.

Haworthia reinwardtii Succulent

Haworthia Reinwardtii

Haworthia reinwardtii - like most succulents, it prefers under-watering to over-watering.

I often find the names of succulent confusing and hard to remember. So, I plan to post these pics here and on the blog, so that it's easy to revisit and recollect.

This pic was taken at Lalith Florist at Pallimukku, Trivandrum. Apart from cut flowers, they have a small collection of succulents.

Fittonia for Terrarium

Some are strikingly red, while most brings green patterns and some come in broad leaves. when it comes to building terrarium, choose healthy plants and small leaves best in a terrarium.

Terrarium Refresher Class Feb 2020

Refresher Class - Terrarium

Invite to all students for the Refresher Class. This class needs no introduction for those who have attended earlier session.

For those who are new - refresher class is an opportunity to renew or rebuild the terrarium you have made.

Another objective of this class is to share your garden related ideas, meet people of similar interest and have a good time doing things which you like.

Terrarium Refresher Class for Students

Date: 12/2/20
Time: 10:30 to 12:30

Feel free to call/msg to confirm your participation