New fan of CPs! Bartering!

[milliemax]

  DH and I were doing our usual flea marketing stuff on the weekend, and pulled into a new nursery that had fruit trees on sale. DH noticed the guy needed some decent signage, so bartered about $850.00 worth of signs (DH is a woodcarver) for plants/landscaping. After measuring the sign stands, we pulled into a little used store around the corner and DH found a kid's book about carnivorous plants!
  California Carnivores is right next to the nursery we were working with and the owner gave us $35 worth of CPs for a .25 book!
  We also noticed that the guy had signs painted by our neighbor, and some odd carved animal that DH had carved for the county fair! (neighbor is director of the flower show and DH carves alot of stuff for him)
  Not a bad barter, and I have a new hobby!
  Nancy

[Sean]

Congrats! that is a very sweet deal.
I'd love to spend a day at California Carnivores, they have so many plants I'd love to introduce to my collection.

Cheers,
Sean

[emm]

Lucky you!  Where are you going to put your new plants?  Can they go outdoors or do you need to create an indoor space for them?  I'm on the lookout for hardy pitcher plants myself and I certainly haven't seen anything even resembling a deal yet.  Was hoping to have something in the ground by now.    Well done Nancy and DH!  emm

[milliemax]

  Well, according to the flyer the guy gave me, the Venus flytraps, Sundews and Pitcher plant do fine in my zone (USDA 8ish)
  They kinda die back during the winter, but can handle some frost.
  I have to figure out the fertilizing though
  NT

[Double S]

Are you going to share pix of the CPs you got?

[milliemax]

  Well, after losing my last camera for several months, we finally bought a new one and we're trying to figure out how to work it , let alone learning how to post pictures!
  When I was on AOL I could figure it out fairly easily. 2 cameras,2 computers and 2 different servers later, I'm baffled!
  There's alot of new growth, but I still have to decide where I want them to live for good.  Nancy

[kitfoxdrvr]

  Well, according to the flyer the guy gave me, the Venus flytraps, Sundews and Pitcher plant do fine in my zone (USDA 8ish)
  They kinda die back during the winter, but can handle some frost.
  I have to figure out the fertilizing though
  NT

If you still haven't figured out how to fertilize them, it is actually pretty easy-DON'T!!!  Fertilizing is a great way to kill them; they are adapted to nutrient poor soils and that is why they eat bugs-to get nutrients!  The salts in fertilizers will actually burn the roots, so save the ferts for the lawn and roses, leave these alone.  Good luck, they are fascinating plants!