terrariums; bring the nature in

​We all want to connect to nature in our way, but sometimes, it's way tougher than others.  I used to have over 50 indoor plants, but with my life the way it is now, with traveling half the year; it's impossible to keep indoor plants without moving them around every two weeks.  One of the solutions that might work for you, is a terrarium.  
There are 100's of videos on the basics of how to make a self-sustaining terrarium, it's cheap and easy and it's a great outlet for creativity.   This one cost me about $15 and I made it in under 2 hours.  It's about 3 weeks old here.   I found the jar at a thrift store for $5, stones and plants from the backyard, $10 in active charcoal, soil and some things I had around the house.  You can decorate any way you want, You just fill the water up to the dirt level and put on the top.  This one is fancy, as I have added springtails to it.  These are tiny little bugs that just LOVE algie and keep the jars clean and tidy.  As the plants die off the springtails eat the rotting vegetation.  You can purchase spring tails off the internet for less than $20 and feed them active dry yeast till you need them.  The perfect pet, you can forget about them for a month and they will be just fine.