Inside the Greenhouse I have made one of the wooden framed beds into a bog garden to raise Carnivorous plants. The center is a pond area that serves the frogs well and they are free range frogs so they travel throughout the greenhouse eating bugs and are very happy. The bog is lined with pond liner to keep the sphagnum peat moss moist and it absorbs water from under as I pour pond water into the sides of the beds. Avoiding potting mixes with added fertilizers greatly increases the chances of Carnivorous plants surviving as well as not handling the plants. My next step is to build a cover for the entire bed suspended with the ability to move since the constant direct sunlight on terraria can produce high temperatures capable of killing the plants.

    I have always loved carnivorous plants ever since I first saw the beauty of a Venus trap in full bloom. The Carnivorous plants are very beneficial to natural gardens as well as the perfect houseplant in the right conditions. Conditions to raising a Carnivorous plant include one common mistake that a simple rain catcher can eliminate. Carnivorous plant thrive well in sphagnum peat moss with rainwater applied to the bottom of the plants, and never to the tops. I have made a bog garden in my Greenhouse and I am currently starting a few Carnivorous plants from seeds. In preparation of the bed, I put in a pond liner to keep the pond water in and filled the area with sphagnum pea moss. In the center I put a small plastic tub to fill with pond water and lilly pads as I love to have frogs too in my greenhouse and this set up houses the frogs and helps with bug control inside my greenhouse.       In my home I have a garden window with a beautiful Pitcher plant and another container with Sundews. The inside plants do well in indirect sunlight and the containers are terra cotta, the containers are set in plastic trays that I keep full of rainwater or pond water for self absorption. I have a separate small glass behind the plants that I put in a small portion of fruit to attract a small amount of fruit flies, they tend to multiply in their food source so it does not look well but is beneficial to the Carnivorous plants.