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Anyone ever build a mini bog before? Is it in-ground or above-ground? How did you make it?

Above ground mini bog how-to: http://www.world-of-carnivores.com/bog.html

In-ground mini bog how-to: http://www.jamesjonesinstruments.com/fa ... s/bogsite/

Is anyone going to have a bog next year? It sounds like a reasonable project, although perhaps a little pricey to set up.

I'm in zone 6 - I should be able to keep my outdoor plants in the bog over the winter next year if I build one, right?

Veronis wrote:Is anyone going to have a bog next year?

I'm planning on building at least one bog next year. I'm hoping to do it above ground I think. The dirt here is hard to dig in. I think I'm just going to use 2x6 boards as a frame, some heavy duty plastic lining and fill it with peat and perlite and then with Sarracenia, VFTs and sundews.

Veronis wrote:I'm in zone 6 - I should be able to keep my outdoor plants in the bog over the winter next year if I build one, right?

I would think so. You might have to do some mulching during the coldest months (December and January), but maybe not. I'm in Zone 7b or 8a, so I can definitely leave them outside with little or no protection. I might cover them with a tarp if I know it's going to freeze hard, but I doubt it will even be necessary.

Matt wrote:I'm planning on building at least one bog next year.

Me Too! I'm gonna do one next year! But I'm still planning it



Allen,

If do build one I would like to see I might think about building one my self to keep my plants a little warmer durring the winter.

I've got one is a long pot with two Sarracenias ,P.primiflora,D.capilaris and and few small Vfts

I've always wanted to do that, but my parents won't let.

I want a bog, but first, I don't own any floor outside. I live in an apartment. And number two, I don't even have enough plants to put in a bog, it'll look pretty naked.

I wanna make a mini bog!!!

But I can never find the right Soil D:<
My dad was actually letting me... but that was before the lil problem. ):

You can't find any peat moss Esly? You should be able to find the large bails of it at Home Depot, Lowes or a nursery...

Oh....

I didn't know it was Peat Moss

Ahaha. That just proves what a noob i am.