Recent content by cockatielmother

Barry: How well does your book cover Utricularias?  I have better luck with those plants than any other genus and intend to keep collecting them. I have some not in Savage's book so I hope they are in your book!

Hi: Has anyone read the book on Triggerplants or grown any? You can learn more about them here: http://www.actahort.org/books/624/624_12.htm I've just finished reading the book and find this plant very intriguing. May try a couple of packages of annual growers this spring. Would love to hear...

Hi: I haven't been around for the past 6 months or more.  Had to have total knee reconstruction.  Still on walker after 4 months and no one seems able to get me out of pain. Other people had to attempt to take care of my cp collection.  Of the 30 plants I had, I still have about 18 of them...

Hi: I am just curious. Has anyone, anywhere, been able to comment on damages to wetlands in areas of hurricane damage? I am curious as to whether we might have lost some endangered cps? Maybe it is just too soon to know.

That site looks wonderful. I've bookmarked it for further study.

Hi: I have managed to keep 10 named varieties of lithops going since July. They've been watered every week and are blooming in my west facing livingroom windowsill. I just ordered 60+ unnamed Lithops on ebay for $24 + $5 shipping. Will have fun with trying to figure out their names. I am going...

Jim: All I have to do is call maintenance! I've never had that many things go wrong at once though. Our townehouse board has made a practice of "preventive" maintenance. Example: Two water intakes (or whatever they are called) have rusted causing basements to be flooded. Our townehouse is...

It was announced last[ night on coasttocoastam. Everyone is waiting for their guest to prove his claims today.

Women (and some men) love to check the dumpsters on campus when the students at Michigan State University move out. They find all kinds of things!

The shake-away makes them think a predator is in the area. Note: IT HAS NO SMELL DETECTABLE BY HUMANS but it keeps the critters away! As I said before, I won't be without it. I live where I couldn't use traps or poison without getting in serious trouble from the townehouse management. Only one...

Better solution:  Go buy yourself some cans of "shake-away" at http://www.pestproducts.com/coyote_urine.htm.  Follow the directions and create a barrier just around your house.  The rodents won't come in and you can enjoy them outside where they belong. I use this stuff to keep the squirrels...

Jim: What is a "paint marker"? Haven't heard about those.

I've found an outstanding source for quickly obtaining a good number of named Tillandsia. I have one big concern:  These plants need plenty of humidity but most can't take a southern window exposure (at least according to some websites). My bathroom faces the south.  I would love to have a...

Hello: I've gardened for 18 years now and have yet to solve the label problem. This morning, my male cockatiel was trying to pull out a label because he viewed it as a fun new play toy. Outside, the squirrels love to pull out labels. Never mind what the unchaperoned children do! How do you go...

I have 160 watts of light over a 20 gallon long aquarium. am thinking of just buying another shoplight even though it will "hang" over both ends a bit.