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Some pics of my Darlingtonia "fen" in the pond. Looks like they survived their first winter in there just fine. [/IMG] [/IMG] [/IMG] [/IMG] [/IMG] [/IMG]

We stopped in at Cypress Gardens in South Carolina a few weeks back during a vacation to Charleston. Its got a nice black cypress swap tour. Saw a bunch of alligators, osprey nest... but the main reason i wanted to go was the CP bog. It's not a natural site. Per the boat guide when we were...

Hi, Yesterday at a garage sale I picked up a quite large hoya. I could barely get it in the car and had to do lots of juggling to find a place for it. It did require some trimming, and maybe some still, so I thought I would offer cuttings to folks here. The flowers are pink and very...

soo.. Today i decided that I was going to take my old squat-pot that I used to use as a container pond and start making it into a bog!! so I headed to a local nursery and grabbed some sphagnum peat and some pearlite, mixed them, added washed sand to the bottom of the container, and loaded on the...

I was thrilled to learn these plants can overwinter where I live(?-crossing fingers), so I did some research, and filled in my pond :grin: I started with a layer of sand.. Then a layer of just peat And filled the rest with peat and sand mix. I put in a 4" pvc pipe standing up with holes...

The last couple of weeks I have noticed the honey bees are really working my bog pots. They aren't paying any attention to the plants, but are getting "something" from the surface of the media. Some pots have moss, others don't. I can't believe they are just after the moisture, they can get...

Hey everyone, Recently the fan on my zoomed reptifogger stopped working. I was able to replace it with another computer fan i had lying around but I'm thinking of getting a new fogger. I dont think the reptifogger is going to last much longer and I'm doubling the size of the current tank...

This will be my thread for the progress of my Sarracenias and such. Some of you might remember I posted this pic asking for help if I should repot the S. rubra gulfensis in the back left. I gave it a "hair cut" instead per everyone's recomendations. Spring cleaning time for little bog by...

I got a few Sarracenias last year for my little tray garden. They did well then of course didn't look so good in winter. I'm not exactly sure what to do now. I know some need to be repotted. The big one in the back with the brown parts is a rubra gulfensis and it's got grass growing out of...

Aristolochia spp. seed pods Hi, Recently I was housesitting for a bud, and at his house I planted a Dutchman's pipe or pipevine a couple of years ago. His does better than mine, and is covered with seedpods from last years flowers. These are fresh, picked three days ago. There should be...

While trekking through through the wetlands surrounding the pond near my house I found large amounts of sphagnum moss. The area had very sandy soil, constant water, and lots of sun. It is a beautiful area, except it has been neglected greatly. There is trash everywhere, and people used the area...

Last winter I changed out all the soil in the bog, put in a bottom layer of gravel and upturned buckets, and refilled it with a better, looser, sandier mix with orchid bark and chopped pine needles. The plants LOVED it. Then a couple months ago a raccoon got in and ****ed up the west end...

Hi there, Awhile back I bought a Smartpond pump for a small water feature on my patio. On the info. card they said if I registered the pump they would send me a filter bag for it. I did so, and they sent me this. The bag is 15" X 15", and my pump is about the size of a softball. Perhaps it...

More snow pics added a couple days later This is what my backyard CPs looked like on Sunday after a light snow fall. My darlingtonia pond setup. Water flows from the top down through the moss and out into the pond. [/IMG] [/IMG] [/IMG] The CP bog garden [/IMG] [/IMG] [/IMG] Seeds...

I'm thinking of trying some nepenthes seed, can I have it shipped here from across the pond to freezing Michigan (19 degrees last night) ? I'm ready to buy online, but was wondering about this before I hit buy it now (from you know where) Thanks, Dan

Actually, I'm trying to catch bugs. Recently I was at a function up in the local hills, and there were back swimmers in the pool. I read up on them, noted that they can give a pretty bad bite, and proceeded to catch as many as I could. They were much fun, and very interesting to watch in the...

Wow maybe i should put that goldfish pond in after all! http://www.flickr.com/photos/frogdr/

i got permission from ft jackson people to take photos and count the plants around one pond that they knew sarr grew..it was so over grown i had a very hard time finding what few plants i did..if the wheather is good in the next few weeks here i'm going to wade the pond..or wait till spring..the...

First the disclaimer..... There are as many methods as there are growers. Some grow beautiful helis using methods totally opposite from these. It is not my intention to imply that you must follow these recommendations to be successful. I present this guide as what "I"do and what "I" believe...

I am looking for an airpump, tubing, eggcrate, a powerful pond pump for the bog garden, pond pump tubing, trichoderma, and a tc starter kit which I really want! For trade I have a 3 inch Hamata, Small Heliamphora, C. Big Boy cuttings etc. Please pm me for details if you are interested in...