Carnivorous Ass . . .

This is Emmer's second life-long wish. The first one only cost $20 bucks (he wanted to eat a pizza at the top of a parking deck at Purdue Univ). This one was a few more dollars, but well worth the investment. Emmerson has a new hobby for the last 2 years of raising Venus Flytrap. We went to Lowe's and found a small tray of Carnivorous plants. We went to the checkout and scanned the tag and looked at what was on the screen: "4" boxed carnivorous ass . . " Assorted was abbreviated.

We went to Crap-Mart for potting soil and a fish bowl. Then found a much bigger fishbowl at the petstore across the street. Emm couldn't wait till morning, he covered the table in newspaper and had John help him build his terrarium with river rock, spaghnum moss, sand, soil and activated charcoal. His first flytrap died after a few months, which we didn't realize until later that it wasn't dead -- just going into it's dormant cycle! LOL They turn brown at the end of the summer and you must clip the foliage and remove the tubor and store it in a dry place over the winter. Much like calla lillies or other landscaping plants. Once spring starts, you are supposed to get out the hybernating tuber and repot and start over. We didn't have success reviving his second. However, while out shopping for the third flytrap's supplies, we found a Purple Pitcher Plant. Emm has been searching for it for a while. They have a whole section of flytraps and carnivorous plants at lowes in the house plant section. These are perfect plants for people who can't stop loving their plants to death. Flytraps thrive on overwatering, lots of sun, heat and humidity! Now we can't wait until we discover an unsuspecting fly in the house.