Recent content by magore

Well he is hidding agin, so I have not let him out. I placed several containers filled with bed a beast in the greenhouse so he will have some extra places to hide. I have also purchased some live crikets and let them loose in the greenhouse. All of the water containers have board in them so he...

He is not a pet. I just placed him in the mix I described because he looked exahusted from trying to get out of the bucket. He has been staying in pots in my green house. I will buy some crickets when I get back home and let them loose in the greenhouse. I have closed the greenhouse door for the...

I have a Southern Lepord frog that has taken up residence in my small greenhouse. I just went out to check the greenhouse and I found him trying to get out of a bucket. He is alive but he looks a lot thinner than he has in the past. He was not in any hurry to get away from me either. I placed...

I just found a bud on one of my plants. This will be the first time I have had an orchid bloom. I have always purchased them in bloom and I just started collecting them last year.Here is a photo of the same plant last year in bloom. This is another Paph that I just purchased. I normally...

Sounds like a sundew. Can you post a photo?

Here is a photo of a Southern Leopard Frog that has made his home in an aole vera plant in my greenhouse.

For the record: 1. Eastern Box Turtles are not on the Georgia Protected Species list. 2. I do not plan on keeping them as a "pet". I plan on keeping them for their first year and then aclimating them to the wild. There are too many of thier natural preditors in my area to give me any...

I use a small food processor to chop my moss and use plenty of water. I use the pluse function and process it for less than a minute.

While mowing the yard my husband found 2, at last count, baby turtles. I have identified them as Eastern Box Turtles. From the front of their shells to the back they are a little less than 1 1/2 inches in size. Can anyone give me some advice on taking care of them. If they are hard to care for...

I am inclined to belive in Josh's theory of caddis fly larvae or something similar. I am not sure of the range of the caddis fly. I do live near large stream/swamp so if they are native to the area they could be the culprit. The area is too enclosed, two fences and very shaded above the pond for...

I think that if it had been a person they would have taken plants out of the bog next to the pond as most people I have shown the area to were more intrested in the venus fly traps in the bog. I did not see any turions at the bottom of the pond and the weather has not realy changed that much, I...

I have an outside 30 gallon pond that looked similar to this about 3 weeks ago. now there is not even the water mint left only a few floating pine needles and 2 or 3 snippets of plants less than 1/2 inch long. The only living creatures in it are a large apple snail, about 2 inches in dia, and...

It depends on how the tree takes to having its roots trimed. I have found the key to growing my bonsai is to use a non-tradional pot. I use a 8-inch clay pot to grow my maple tree, it is about 5 years old and I grow it outside without any protection. Keep in mind that the translation of bonsai...

Pearlite is lighter but it also floats to the surface and makes a mess in an outdoor bog . Instead of moving it eackh season you may want to consider making a portable cold frame to place over it in the winter to give it added protection.

Place it on a pot of peatmoss and keep it wet and in the same amount of sunlight as you found it. I grow mine in my outside bog, it does not like to dry out. Keep it as thick as possible to help control the mostiure loss.