Wild Flowers and Wooly Caterpillars
I know all of you who have a love of gardening also love the wild and natural world. I went hiking recently in the Hocking Hills region of Southern Ohio, and I want to share some pictures of a little critter I met, and a beautiful example of a flower. It is important to know [...]
A once in a lifetime experience!
I had an amazing opportunity to go see a rare corpse flower yesterday! The Botanists at the Ohio State University have planted a rare Amorphophallus Titanum from a seed. These plants can live to be an old age, and only bloom a few times. When they do, the flowering period only lasts a few days. [...]
Nasty Cats
Dear Ivy,
I have a five gallon tank I set up last spring for fly traps I had some nasty cats and they peed in the tank! Is it ok to put fly traps in it? And is there any way to clean the dirt? I could keep putting clean water in it to clean it [...]
Reader Mail: Venus Fly Trap
Q: Can I use a five-gallon fish tank to grow my Venus Fly trap?
A: Absolutely! Actually, that would be ideal! Venus Fly traps (Latin name Dionaea muscipula) are an interesting little plant native to the Carolinas in the Eastern US. They grow in swampy bog areas where the soil is very acidic. They cannot obtain [...]