If you build a bog, they will grow.

[DirtyDivisions]

All is dormant in the bog so it totally looks like shiznit:

...so I trimmed up all the dead crunchy pitchers:

Well...it still looks horrible, but Spring will come soon enough and the new top notch Sarracenia I added to the bog will make it an exciting thing to see.  I added some amazing plants from philcula and plan on replacing some mediocre Sarrs with some from am order I should be getting from meizzwang.

[hungry_plants]

Looks like you're ready to double the size of that bog buddy!

[DirtyDivisions]

Jan 16, 2015 23:36:18 GMT -5 hungry_plants said:

Looks like you're ready to double the size of that bog buddy!

I have enough Sarrs to quadruple the size of the bog and still have too many plants.  Like I said before, you never can make your bog too big. So when you're making your own bog, at least double the size that you think you want your bog to be.  I'm thinking of putting in another larger bog in the front yard.  Who wants to come over and help dig?

[taargus]

Shoot, I'd come over and help dig. It needs to be spring already, I keep trying to busy myself and but it ends up with just buying more because I'm online places like here and see neat things that need to come live at my house. There's only so much you can do over winter when it's a bad time to even repot, and nothing needs much water, carnivorous or otherwise.

DIG! DIG! DIG! DIG!

[thecarnivoregirl]

Aww man... I drooled over every single photo on every single page. When I get a house, the first thing I'm doing is building my bog!

However, I was disappointed to go through 8 pages and not see one photo of pond liner pants and headband.

[DirtyDivisions]

Jan 17, 2015 1:52:06 GMT -5 thecarnivoregirl said:

Aww man... I drooled over every single photo on every single page. When I get a house, the first thing I'm doing is building my bog!

However, I was disappointed to go through 8 pages and not see one photo of pond liner pants and headband.

Hahahaha!!!  I was forced by the neighbors to get rid of the pants, but the headband may make an appearance later on in the year 

[DirtyDivisions]

Things are coming out of dormancy in the bog and the natural pollinators have noticed:

[DirtyDivisions]

The bog is going to be so beautiful this year with all of its new inhabitants: 'Wilkerson's Red Rocket', "Hot Lips", "Super Heavy Vein" and many more.  I also added a couple more orchids and VTFs:). Here are some pics I took yesterday:
S. flava var. rubricorpora "LxBest"  (Thanks for creating this beaut, meizzwang!) 

The creepy bog fairy stands guard:


You have to love rosea flowers!

DCXL:

My B52 colony is waking up!

I love the flowers of my flava x alata red black (malika621 did yours bloom yet?):

More flowers...

D. filiformis is starting unfurl its sticky threads:

S. flava var. ornata CH05Y 'black veins' in the foreground:

I can't wait gor these puppies to open up!

[malika621]

Wow, very nice bog! I'm trying to get one done myself, lol, but my problem is trying to find time to go through peat moss. . . And that silica sand. Any hints on how to do that quicker? I don't know how I haven't seen this yet, lol. Annnnnnd, yes, the sarracenia I got is blooming! I agree: the blooms are beautiful. Thank you so very much again. I love it a looooooot already.

[katyadog1]

Wow, Naturenuts. You officially have the best looking bog I have ever seen! And the seeds you will get.... You going to do all specific crosses, or just do crosses with the great plants and leave the rest to do their own thing?

[ps3isawesome]

this bog is one of the best i've ever seen. Looked through all the old archived photos and is just blown away. I"d sit there and stare at this bog everyday for hours. Perfect for a procrastinator like me

[katyadog1]

Mar 28, 2015 14:13:28 GMT -5 ps3isawesome said:

this bog is one of the best i've ever seen. Looked through all the old archived photos and is just blown away. I"d sit there and stare at this bog everyday for hours. Perfect for a procrastinator like me

Basically what I thought. Imagine what it must be like IN PERSON. I'd stay for hours just looking at everything.

[DirtyDivisions]

Thank you everyone! I enjoy my big immensely and think everyone should have one! ps3isawesome, it is very easy to get sucked in and stare at it for hours.  I'm doing that right now as I type this out on my phone. katyadog1, I do have a lot of crosses planned especially for "Hot Lips" and "Super Heavy Vein" which will have flowers opening up in the next week or so. malika621, as for the peat and sand.  I didn't rinse my peat and never do. I do however always rinse my sand. I suggest using a large container (the bigger the better)and filling it mostly with dry peat and then adding water to hydrate it. Mix it up and then add washed sand and mix up again. Dump mixture into bog and then repeat until it is filled. Hydrating the peat is what takes the most time to do. 

[killerplants4realz]

Nice bog naturenuts!

[malika621]

Thank you so much! that will make it a lot quicker to finish lol.