I have big carboy (huge glass jar!). What can I do with it?

[Tansie]

It's clear glass, 55cm high, almost spherical BUT the mouth is only 6cm across so I can't put my hand in it!

I was given it on freecycle to use as a terrarium but it isn't 'entry level' by any means. I still harbour hopes I can use it as such, but really, I don't know if I'm skilful enough to put appropriate plants in there.

What else can I do with it?

Button jar.

Smarties...

I keep nearly everything in jars (stupid humid country). Cereal, lentils, salt, vanish, popcorn, nespresso thingys.

I've seen a stunning terrarium filled with marbles and led fairy lights, looks amazing lit up at night.

My mum has one that she fills with penny's, it isn't full yet [it's been going since I was little]. The idea was that once it's full she's going to take it to the bank and cash it in and buy herself something nice. I don't envy the bank cashier counting up those coins. [btw I'm 31]

Like the idea of the lights, but you'd need a fork lift truck to lift it if it were full of pennies!

Bear in mind, this is huuuge! 55cm high!

Wow, sounds brilliant! But a 6cm hole, that's going to make things awfully difficult. Whatever you fill it with it's going to be so heavy you can't lift it, so it'll have to stay in one place. I'd be tempted to get some goldfish, tbh.

Kellestar - the bank cashiers will refuse to take coins that aren't counted. Sorry but your mum has a bit of a job on her hands!

Fill it with little hexipuffs?

Fill it with tinsle and low power fairy lights - ikea do battery powered ones.

Use it as a base for a standard type lamp.

fill with wine corks (I can help with that) .

Make a still with it, or at least use it to make ginger ale.

Is the top wide enough to get pllants in? There was a craze for minature gardens in big glass jar type things in the 1970s

kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/activities/crafts/miniature-garden/

Or a single plant grown on some of that jell stuff so you can see the rot network.

Thanks everyone.

The problem with it is that the neck aperture is 6cm across! I would love to grow a miniature fig, for instance, in there, but I suspect I'd turn into enraged harridan as I failed to be able to position and tamp down my fig using chop sticks, or whatever!

I am liking the fairly lights Idea, and the lamp base.