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Are you a morning lark or a night owl? I am a morning lark. Don't use an alarm clock and don't need coffee to jumpstart my day. Ravenous appetite for breakfast. However, I just want to crawl into bed at 10 pm.

I know that Nepenthes love acidic soil, other acid loving plants, I can't think of the plant's name right now, like to have coffee grounds on their soil for their roots. I was wondering if anyone has ever tried this, I would try but I have only one nepenthes. I don't know if there are other...

Friends, many you know how hard and long I have labored to secure the rare Brazillian Drosera species seed so that I can increase it and share it.  Currently a friend is in the Tepui's, crawling about looking for seed to send to me!  I am just a tad bit shy of relaizing a long sought after goal...

Hey my mom got me this sand for my plants and it's called Western Desert sand. It says "Decorative Moisture Retainer For Plants" on the front. It looks just like regular old sand to me. What do you think? Is it alright to use with my CPs? Also, how do I wash the sand? I tried using a coffee...

Hey all! I recently began running to get "in shape". I'm not much of a couch potato but I'm starting soccer in the fall and there's a family reunion in July/August in Glacier National Park (great place, soooo beautiful) with big (10-15 mile hikes) planned. So I started running!! My dad used to...

I am thinking about purchasing a small (about one to two gallons per day is all I need) reverse osmosis machine. I have looked on the internet and found they range from two to seven stages of water. What stage of purity is necessary for my plants…and morning coffee? I would appreciate any input...

A co-worker of mine who has been watching me mother hen my CP's for the past six months wanted me to try an experiment. He wanted me to use coffee grounds as my soil media. I said - no thanks - but I would post the idea of utilizing coffee grounds. So, what do you all think?

9:30 am News years morning; I was making coffee when my girl friend walked in from my “grow area” and said that there was a very pretty flower sticking out of the cute little green thingy plant.  Sure ‘nuff…my D. burmannii green was in full flower.  What a wonderful New Years present. I grabbed...

I had 3 kids once,all in preschool and kindergarden.Like all kids they delighted in the new and exotic...the charm of novelty I guess. We were at Wal-mart one day and they spied the fish.Of course they wanted a gold fish and a bowl so I gave in and bought them one.(We'll take care of it,Dad-we...

Hi, Vft's love acidic medium, so has anyone ever tried coffee grounds? We use them for roses and other plants so I was wondering if they might not work for Vft's. Just a thought! Tag

All the research indicates it is best to leave plants potted in terrariums and bury the pots to create the natural look. My experience with this does not prove ideal and I wrestle with should I just plant direct in the medium of the terrarium. What I find is the folage of the plants doesn't...

While on vacation last week, I managed to dedicate a full day to tearing down, moving and rebuilding my 55 gal tank.  It was a chore well worth the effort, I'm very pleased with the end result, have just a few more finishing touches to complete and plants and animals all seem to be happy.  A few...

My wife and I were sitting on the deck on Sunday morning, enjoying a cup of coffee. While we're chit-chatting, I heard this wierd buzzing sound.... "what's that?" "I didn't hear anything." Says the wife. Great. I'm going nuts. Then it buzzed again, and louder. She heard it that time. We were...

A neighbors' 55 gal fish tank sprung a leak , and I kindly offered to take it off his hands and he agreed . Now the challange is setting it up, love these kinds of problems . It measures 47 inches long, 20 inches high, and roughly 12 inches deep (sorry, don't know metric conversion and too...

Hello all, I want to start by saying how fabulous and informative this site is. So, my brother gave me a VFT, which I LOVE, but I want to make a nice living environment for it.  I have a large glass jar (similar to those you'll find in a coffee house w/ biscotti in them!)  My question is how...

I've collected water from my roof. The shingles have been up for years and years and years and years... It feel through a crack in the eaves trough... I collected it, put it through a coffee filter to rid it of chunks. Is it safe this way? What if i collected it from a pool of water in an...