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Anyone grow sarrs in the front yard? My backyard is more shaded than I’d like now that the days are getting shorter and the sun angle has changed. I’d like to put them out front where there is full sun, but I live in a nice subdivision and don’t want to make it look tacky. Im also a little nervous about someone messing with them or stealing them, even if that’s just me being paranoid. Thoughts? I grow them all in individual pots in a kiddie pool currently.

Ditch the kiddie pool, trim the plants up nice and neat, arrange the pots attractively, and you should be good to go. If you have any doubts, drive around the neighborhood and take a look at how other people have placed their potted plants and that should give you a few good ideas. As to theft, unless your pots are very nice and/or expensive, I don't think you have much to worry about, most people will just think plants are plants and won't even notice that yours are a bit different.

I grow all mine in the front yard. But I live in the Styx on a gravel road...lol. Maybe you could try some decorative containers to put them in. Those plastic half whiskey barrels you can get at home improvement stores don't look too bad. Far as someone stealing them, you never know. Out here where I live biggest risk is a stray dog peeing on them....lol. Best of luck.

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I grow all my Sarrs outdoors, in plastic tubs. They don't look the best, but nobody is coming to our little place in the middle of the country to steal carnivorous plants . We have to protect ours from from the chickens, which enjoy pecking the life out of the purps to eat the trapped insects and drink the bug - juice . It would be possible to replace the ratty looking stuff with new, fancy stuff if you cared about the looks, but that's just what has worked for me.

I think the best thing about the kiddie pool is I let it rain and don’t have to worry about it unless we get a dry spell. I’m trying to figure out something that isn’t going to piss my neighbors off lol. I guess we all have our challenges no matter where you live whether it be wild animals, chickens, or neighbors

Plant the kiddie pool in the ground and make a pond/bog it will look better than a pool sitting in the yard. It would at least go over with the neighbors better.

Yep, or just move or get better neighbors! Just kidding!

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I would love to move back to Louisiana!

You could put a ring of landscaping bricks around the kiddie pool (or other container/pond liner) and it'd look like a raised bed with a bunch of amazing flowers coming out of it.

That’s actually what I’m thinking about doing. Hopefully it’s sunny this weekend and I can map out the sun. I’ll build a little garden area to keep them in.