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Absolute Surefire Steps to Kill Your Venus Flytrap: Step 7

Posted on October 24, 2011 by

Curious about the context? Check out the introduction. Some of the content in this series appeared, in much shorter form, in Gothic Beauty magazine. Step 7: Keep it jammed in with other carnivores. If you’ve been keeping up with the … Continue reading →

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Absolute Surefire Steps to Kill Your Venus Flytrap: Step 6

Posted on October 20, 2011 by

Curious about the context? Check out the introduction. Some of the content in this series appeared, in much shorter form, in Gothic Beauty magazine. Step 6: Feed it hamburger. Were I to assume that the publishing business will be in … Continue reading →

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Absolute Surefire Steps to Kill Your Venus Flytrap: Step 5

Posted on October 19, 2011 by

Curious about the context? Check out the introduction. Some of the content in this series appeared, in much shorter form, in Gothic Beauty magazine. Step 5: Set off its traps with your finger. Home improvement stores are dangerous places to … Continue reading →

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Absolute Surefire Steps to Kill Your Venus Flytrap: Step 4

Posted on October 17, 2011 by

Curious about the context? Check out the introduction. Some of the content in this series appeared, in much shorter form, in Gothic Beauty magazine. Step 4: Keep your flytrap in a terrarium. I have a lot of reasons for hyping … Continue reading →

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Absolute Surefire Steps to Kill Your Venus Flytrap: Step 3

Posted on October 13, 2011 by

Curious about the context? Check out the introduction. Some of the content in this series appeared, in much shorter form, in Gothic Beauty magazine. Step 3: Water it with tap water. As related before, I constantly hear from kids who … Continue reading →

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Absolute Surefire Steps to Kill Your Venus Flytrap: Step 2

Posted on October 13, 2011 by

Curious about the context? Check out the introduction. Some of the content in this series appeared, in much shorter form, in Gothic Beauty magazine. Step 2: Plant it in your garden. Running a carnivorous plant nursery means you get a … Continue reading →

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Absolute Surefire Steps to Kill Your Venus Flytrap: Step 1

Posted on October 12, 2011 by

Curious about the context? Check out the introduction. Some of the content in this series appeared, in much shorter form, in Gothic Beauty magazine. Step 1: Buy your flytrap at Halloween. About a month before Halloween, garden shops and grocery … Continue reading →

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Absolute Surefire Steps to Kill Your Venus Flytrap: Introduction

Posted on October 12, 2011 by

Some of this series appeared, in much shorter form, in Gothic Beauty magazine. It’s a lament anybody who raises or sells carnivorous plants hears on a regular basis. Right after the inevitable Little Shop of Horrors jokes, after asking if … Continue reading →

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Beyond the poinsettia and the Venus flytrap

Posted on August 9, 2011 by

As people who have attended previous Triffid Ranch shows can attest, the one carnivorous plant that’s in short supply at shows is the Venus flytrap. It’s not that I have anything particularly against flytraps: the flytrap is, after all, the … Continue reading →

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