lol that looks pretty funky haha whats in there ? what about dormancy though for your cps ? what do u do for that ?
Richard
Looks to me like small cobra plants, VFT's, and a sundew or two in the back growing out of a bed of long fiber sphagnum.
Regarding your question, the book "Savage Garden" explains it all.
Also, here's a short video about VFT dormancy:
http://www.expertvillage.com/video/4067_venus-flytrap-dormancy.htm
Doesn't sound like outside is an option. You had said you live in the ghetto and/or your dog will destroy them - you also live in Great Britain so if you have Winter days/nights where the temp is below freezing for long periods, this is no good and may kill them.
If you have an unheated garage that's a great place to give them dormancy - put em in the garage in trays under about 6-8 hours of fluorescent light per day. Refill the trays after the tray dries out but before the soils dries (give or take).
If you have no way to feasibly give them dormancy, you may want to go with the fridge method. Basically around November 20th you trim the VFT's of dead leaves, carefully remove the VFT's and some soil from the pots, lightly spray them (LIGHTLY, do not drench) with anti-fungal treatment, wrap the roots and soil in a thick paper towel soaked in water you'd use to water them, and put them in a plastic baggie (I use ziplocs). Actually scottychaos often uses this method and wrote a great page with photos about how he does it. You can read it here:
http://gold.mylargescale.com/scottychaos/CP/page2.html - the fridge method is NOT an ideal method, but should be used as a last resort as opposed to no dormancy at all.
I did this for the first time in Winter 2008-2009 and my VFT's are starting to show life; my Sarracenia have already sprouted.