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Post by Rick Hillier on May 8, 2006 12:47:33 GMT -5
Greetings, I built an outdoor bog garden a few years ago and so far, everything has survived. Presently, it contains all species of North American Sarracenia, D. rotundifolia, intermedia, anglica, linearis and filiformis (the one lacking red pigment - I think it's tracyi) and a few forms of D. muscipula. A log and pics may be viewed at: www.swconnection.com/cpNew photos for this year are forthcoming. >>> Rick <<<
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Post by brian on May 8, 2006 13:59:12 GMT -5
ok, I clicked on the link and got an swconnection home page. What do I do to see your log and pics?
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Post by Rick Hillier on May 8, 2006 14:06:05 GMT -5
Hi Brian,
I tried the link myself just now and it worked okay. You would get that page if the "cp" part was left off. Make sure that the navigation bar at the top of your browser has the full text as shown in the link.
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Post by dom1234 on May 11, 2006 8:44:14 GMT -5
Hi Rick, happy to see an another canadien peat bog! It was the first winter of my peat bog this winter, so I don't know what will grow and what will die.
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Post by Rick Hillier on May 11, 2006 12:45:41 GMT -5
I don't know how you are overwintering your bog and what your winters are like...
When winter approaches here, I've generally cut all of the leaves off of the "trumpet" type sarracenia and then put about 12 to 15" of pine needles over top of the whole thing. This year, I covered the garden with burlap and then about 12" of hay.
I haven't lost anything since I started this garden, including a few seedling sarracenia that are coming along nicely.
We've had winters where the nighttime lows approached the -40's for extended periods of time.
When winter comes on this time around, I'm going to leave the bottom 3 or 4 inches of the pitchers behind for overwintering and see how the results compare to previous years.
>>> Rick <<<
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Post by Rick Hillier on May 31, 2006 13:25:57 GMT -5
After an up and down spring, my bog is waking up nicely. I've added more pics to the 2006 page, which can be viewed at: www.swconnection.com/cp
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Post by Flytrap on May 31, 2006 14:06:36 GMT -5
Nice Pics Rick! Nice Plants! ahhh...the benefits of having a home with a yard
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Post by mabudon on May 31, 2006 16:53:42 GMT -5
Lookin good man, despite your saying you were a month behind us, your bog is looking real good I'm interested in the warped oreos, too, can't wait to see more developed growth to try and figure it out
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Post by jimscott on May 31, 2006 17:50:47 GMT -5
Thank you for sharing! I especially liked the part about the 8 year old daughter. Would an older version also work?
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Post by Rick Hillier on Jun 5, 2006 12:47:48 GMT -5
<<<jimscott>>>
If they like digging and making a mess, you've got it made!
<all>
The warm spell really made a difference in the growth rate... things have really exploded. The "flava" area is a mass of yellow... The purps and oreos are not too far behind.
I'll have to take some more pics if and when my daughter has an off-baseball night.
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