The Life in a Bottle

  • David Latimer first planted his bottle garden in 1960 and last watered it in 1972 before tightly sealing it shut ‘as an experiment’
  • The hardy spiderworts plant inside has grown to fill the 10-gallon container by surviving entirely on recycled air, nutrients and water

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2267504/The-sealed-bottle-garden-thriving-40-years-fresh-air-water.html#ixzz2JN3lhL9h

If only mankind needed just the sunlight to thrive in the same way! :-)

Author: brozkeff

I was at Plukrijp in Autumn 2011, then during 2012 and 2013. I wrote my Masters' thesis about Plukrijp in English with stories of people living there during 2012/2013. https://brozkeff.net/thesis

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