Comments on: Guest post: Little windowsill of horrors, by Val http://wilderness.motleyvision.org/2009/guest-post-little-windowsill-of-horrors-by-val/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:15:15 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Th. http://wilderness.motleyvision.org/2009/guest-post-little-windowsill-of-horrors-by-val/comment-page-1/#comment-1007 Th. Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:21:30 +0000 http://wilderness.motleyvision.org/?p=1697#comment-1007 . It will be ready for kittens soon enough. :) .

It will be ready for kittens soon enough. :)

]]> By: Val K. http://wilderness.motleyvision.org/2009/guest-post-little-windowsill-of-horrors-by-val/comment-page-1/#comment-987 Val K. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:59:32 +0000 http://wilderness.motleyvision.org/?p=1697#comment-987 Thanks Th., both for the comment and reading the post. The health of my plants is in part due to the quality of the nursery stock and the book, <i>The Savage Garden</i>, for the exellent help it offers. One of the things I have to do for my plants is try to defend them from our new kittens. The kittens have chewed on my flytrap and American Pitcher plant, along with chewing the ends off the young leaves of my tropical pitcher plant. The kittens have also bitten off the sundew flower stalks and knocked over the pot at least three times. My Venus flytrap is actually the worst of my bug-catchers. Maybe this will change, but I have to hand feed it, mostly ants and other small house pests. No kittens, mind you. Despite it not catching its own food, the plant has grown, adding two new crowns of growth. The flytrap seems to need the least amount of water, as opposed to the other plants. Thanks Th., both for the comment and reading the post.

The health of my plants is in part due to the quality of the nursery stock and the book, The Savage Garden, for the exellent help it offers.

One of the things I have to do for my plants is try to defend them from our new kittens. The kittens have chewed on my flytrap and American Pitcher plant, along with chewing the ends off the young leaves of my tropical pitcher plant. The kittens have also bitten off the sundew flower stalks and knocked over the pot at least three times.

My Venus flytrap is actually the worst of my bug-catchers. Maybe this will change, but I have to hand feed it, mostly ants and other small house pests. No kittens, mind you. Despite it not catching its own food, the plant has grown, adding two new crowns of growth. The flytrap seems to need the least amount of water, as opposed to the other plants.

]]> By: Th. http://wilderness.motleyvision.org/2009/guest-post-little-windowsill-of-horrors-by-val/comment-page-1/#comment-981 Th. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:21:41 +0000 http://wilderness.motleyvision.org/?p=1697#comment-981 . I'm so happy you've had such success. I tried Venus fly traps a few times when I was around your age and they all perished. So good work. .

I’m so happy you’ve had such success. I tried Venus fly traps a few times when I was around your age and they all perished. So good work.

]]> By: Val K. http://wilderness.motleyvision.org/2009/guest-post-little-windowsill-of-horrors-by-val/comment-page-1/#comment-980 Val K. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:35:35 +0000 http://wilderness.motleyvision.org/?p=1697#comment-980 Thank you for reading the post. It's very nice to hear encouraging words. I'm glad you enjoyed it. Thank you for reading the post. It’s very nice to hear encouraging words. I’m glad you enjoyed it.

]]> By: Lora http://wilderness.motleyvision.org/2009/guest-post-little-windowsill-of-horrors-by-val/comment-page-1/#comment-974 Lora Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:28:46 +0000 http://wilderness.motleyvision.org/?p=1697#comment-974 Fascinating description of how the Venus Fly Trap works. I didn't know about the electrical charge or the way the cells changed! This was a solid and well written article. Your bio was especially fun to read. Thanks for a fine, informative read this morning. Fascinating description of how the Venus Fly Trap works. I didn’t know about the electrical charge or the way the cells changed! This was a solid and well written article. Your bio was especially fun to read.
Thanks for a fine, informative read this morning.

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