Alert icon
We're changing our privacy policy. This stuff matters.  Learn more  Dismiss

My Little Water Garden

Loading...

Sign in or sign up now!
Alert icon
Upgrade to the latest Flash Player for improved playback performance. Upgrade now or more info.
27,486
Loading...
Alert icon
Sign in or sign up now!
Alert icon

Uploaded by on Oct 14, 2006

Made a little water garden by recycling some old potting containers and a vase. Planted some water plants, stocked it with fish and I now enjoy a bit of Nature on my apartment balcony.

  • likes, 1 dislikes

Link to this comment:

Share to:

Uploader Comments (ermah)

  • how did you get the moss to get on the pot.

  • @Amathos, the trick to this is that the pot is actually lined with many tiny fine cracks so that water is constantly leaking out onto the surface. This creates a great environment for moss to grow. Unfortunately, the cracks grew too large and after I sealed them the lack of water on the surface caused the moss to go away.

  • i love ur pot with moss, its wonderful.

    wish u'd hide the hose where the water flows out.

    if u can get ur hands on a old granite grinding stone with a spout (for grinding things into paste), it will fit perfectly where ur spout is

  • @hongster76, thanks for the tip. The plants have grown so much now though, you can hardly see the spout.

  • can the water plants be planted in soil or do they need to be in water?

  • The plants I have in the container can be planted in soil and actually do very well in the dirt. In the water, their roots just grow out in thick mats which makes for a good filtration system to remove nitrates from the water.

Top Comments

  • Beautiful container pond. I love the moss. I got some moss growing on my pond but nothing like that. Great job!

  • Beautiful.. you have a natural talent!! I have tried several times to do this.. but it always looks like someone just threw rocks and stuff together. Yours melds..blends and looks natural. Have you thought of lettuce.. this is a natural hydroponics setup!

see all

All Comments (35)

Sign In or Sign Up now to post a comment!
  • @ermah how did you get into making little ecosystems?

  • @ermah Oh i c- so constant moisture is needed and a crack on the pot lol. got it. thanks.

  • that is...just lovely however i wish you did a step by step one.

  • liked your video layout..it made me laugh at the dead fish part ;) good job!

  • Its just lovely, I also made a small pond and garden in my back patio... very relaxing

  • depends, most need earth. all need earth to thrive

Loading...

Alert icon
0 / 00Unsaved Playlist Return to active list
    1. Your queue is empty. Add videos to your queue using this button:
      or sign in to load a different list.
    Loading...Loading...Saving...
    • Clear all videos from this list
    • Learn more