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By Sandy, on March 11th, 2009
 Because I want to use a wider variety of indoor plants that have different water needs for my tabletop garden – Bento Box, instead of planting all the plants into the same soil bed, I have kept them in individual pots. By doing so, instead of watering my plants together all at once, I can pick and water only those that I find are thirsty. And the same advantage applies to fertilizers.
So, with my garden container, my plants, pots, moss, etc, I was all ready to make my tabletop garden – Bento Box!
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By Sandy, on March 11th, 2009
 Finally, my magic beans have emerged from the crystal soil. And now I can see their faces 🙂 No matter how many beautiful flowers and potted plants I have, somehow, I just feel very exciting and magical whenever I witness the process of a seed growing into a baby plant.
Continue reading Magic Bean Day 10 – My Magic Beans Are Growing!
By Sandy, on March 9th, 2009
This is my tabletop garden – Bento Box. This is the largest tabletop container garden I have made so far and I love it! This tabletop garden is filled with 10 pots of flowers and foliage plants, including two orchids, a mini fittonia, a caladium, two kalanchoes, etc.
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By Sandy, on March 9th, 2009
Garden Container
 If you want to put more indoor plants in your tabletop garden, you need to use a bigger garden container with a wider opening. The size of my garden container is approximately 35 cm long, 15 cm wide (the widest part of the container), and 10 cm deep. And I would suggest you to use a garden container with some weight, so the container will not topple easily, but can keep its balance and stand stably when you are arranging the plants in the container.
Sizes of Indoor Plants
The number of indoor plants you get for your tabletop garden depends on the size of your garden container. Continue reading How to Choose Garden Container and Indoor Plants for Tabletop Garden – Bento Box?
By Sandy, on March 9th, 2009
 There mainly are 2 types of moss – sphagnum moss and sphagnum peat moss. While sphagnum moss is the living top layer of a sphagnum bog, sphagnum peat moss is dead residue beneath this live layer. Hence, before harvesting the sphagnum peat moss from the lower levels of the bog, the harvesters must first remove the top few inches of the live sphagnum  moss.
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By Sandy, on March 8th, 2009
 Today when I checked my magic beans, I found that the crystal soil had turned even more brownish than before, despite that I had rinsed and cleaned them two days ago. So again, I took them out for another wash. And when I poured everything from the container into the drainer and saw my magic beans, I knew I had done something wrong.
 
Continue reading Magic Bean Day 6 – Some New Colors for My Crystal Soil
By Sandy, on March 5th, 2009
 When we make our tabletop garden, due to different reasons, we may want to keep our plants in individual pots. And if some of these pots cannot be fully hidden inside the garden container, we will want to wrap and cover them with moss. And sometimes, with the limited space in our tabletop garden, we may want to take the plants out from their pots and wrap only the roots and soil with moss as well. In this way, the moss holds the roots and soil together, acting more or less like a container for the plants.
Wrapping the pots or roots of a plant with moss is actually quite easy. I was actually quite surprised when I did it for the first time and found how easy it really was. I was like, “wow! That’s it?” So, believe me, it is probably easier than what you have thought.
Here is how to wrap pots or roots with moss.
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By Sandy, on March 5th, 2009
On Day 4, I finally could see some of the magic beans had their roots break-opened the red seed coat and got ready for more actions. And, the color of the crystal soil has changed. Some of these crystal beads have a brownish tone now. I am guessing that they are probably colored by the red seed coat of the magic beans.
 
Continue reading Magic Bean Day 4 – I See Some Roots!
By Sandy, on March 4th, 2009
 I bought some beans that have engraved words and pattern on the internet earlier. I think these beans are a great gift idea for kids, for parties, wedding favors, home decor, and such. While some call it the message bean, some others call it the magic bean. Anyways, beans are beans, and I just couldn’t wait to grow them when I got the beans in the mail a few days ago. And I wanted to try this with crystal soil too! 😀
Continue reading I’ve Got Some Magic Beans!
By Sandy, on March 2nd, 2009
My African violet, fantasy gold, isn’t growing much since I bought it in November last year. After some research that I have done and getting advices from other gardeners, I believe that the problem is due to overwatering and wrong size of container. African violet hates soggy soil. And with a container that is too large, the soil can be kept soggy for a very long period of time.
Continue reading Why My African Violet Isn’t Growing Much?
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Because I want to use a wider variety of indoor plants that have different water needs for my tabletop garden – Bento Box, instead of planting all the plants into the same soil bed, I have kept them in individual pots. By doing so, instead of watering my plants together all at once, I can pick and water only those that I find are thirsty. And the same advantage applies to fertilizers.
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