Rogier

Thanks guys, all the best and who knows what the future brings... Best regards, Rogier

For the people who know who I am and have meet etc. over the years: I have decided to stop collecting carnivorous plants and I have sold my collection, materials and greenhouses. I already trimmed down my collection over the years, but for several personal reaons I found it better to put an end to it. Thanks for all the fun! All the best, Rogier

That's looking very good Cedric! Do you have new photo updates?

Welcome Daniele! :)

Hi Paolo, Welcome and enjoy yourself here :-)

Hasn't rained in Holland now since the second week of March, plus we have had temps of 26 degrees C. on several days! Very warm spring. The downside is that now 300 litre is left of my 3800 litre water supply. (one IBC got damaged this winter and I lost about 900 litres with this...) Well, these droughts always makes this hobby a bit more exciting ;-) ;-)

Hi Vincent, Absolutely fantastic pictures you have made there! It must be unbelievable to witness this in nature. Thanks for sharing.

Hi Daniele, Welcome to the CPUK!

Oldie but Goldy: It is in the 1980's, when Ronald Reagan was president of the USA and there was still the cold war between the USA and Russia.. A high minister from Washington meets by accident on his vacation in Europe another minister from Russia, also on vacation. They get to into a talk about their presidents with each other, and the American says: In our country we have freedom of speach! It goes this far that I can get into my car, drive to the white house, walk into the oval office, and pound with my fist on Ronald Reagan's desk and shout: "I DON'T LIKE HOW YOU ARE RUNNING THIS COUNTRY!" The Russian minister says, well, trust me, we can that do too. Really??, asks the American in awe! Yes, the Russian answers: I get the bus to the Kremlin, walk to our Russian presidents office, and pound with my fist on his desk and shout: "I DON'T LIKE HOW RONALD REAGAN IS RUNNING HIS COUNTRY!"

Looks fantastic Brian and Stewart! I second the words from Ries, I can't wait to see more from Tate's Hell!

Thanks Mike, We can receive BBC2 here, so I will make time it. Remember people your timezone, in most European main land country's this will be at 21:00! ;-)

Very nice... The legendary SB21! Have you opened (one of) the two 1966 Springbanks? They are like small capital investments!

Nice collection you have there! I see you have a few springbanks and Hazelburns. On the (almost) lowest shelve is that the springbank 15 with the beige label? A nice dram. The new 15 (black label with green S) is also very good, lot of beehive/beewax/marzipan. I am very curieus what those 2 Springbanks are in the wooden containers?

I am very sorry to hear this sad news, my deepest sympathy to her family and friends.

Ciao Lara!

Welcome to the cpuk Elena!

Welcome Vranna! Another Dutchie joins

Fantastic pics and plants Paolo! Keep up these interesting experiments.

Hi Ries, It was nice visiting you and having it seen with my own eyes it is truly a great job you pulled of, blood sweat and tears paid off! Congrats!

Welcome back and of course warm congratulations for your wedding! You and your husband are looking very good

I used a parrafin heater in my second greenhouse as I only have access to 1 power group for my main greenhouse. We had a very cold and long winter in Holland and I also felt this was better than nothing. I used 2 standard heaters and indeed the fuel is expensive, but I could by the petroleum from a farmer nearby for a reducted price. The standard price here in Holland is 20 euro for 10 litre! Very important to note that I used thick large bubble plastic (with a 2-layer insulation) which I had floating 40 cm above the pots in the GH to make the heated space also much smaller. the sides were also covered in this plastic. The reason why you want to do this is because a conventional heater on electric blows the air round with it's fan. A parrafin heater sends it's warmth upwards to the sky, so about a diameter of barely 1 metre around the heater it doesn't receive any heat. The insulation prevents that this warmth escapes too much and than it is merely effective. In my humble opinion: Advantages: - some sort of heating and protection against the cold when there is NO electric power option. - not need to buy an expensive propane heater with a thermostat. (well, in Holland they start from a few hundred euro's and more) Disadvantages: - messy to install and to refill. (I used old gloves which always get oily) - need to buy insulation and install it in the greenhouse otherwise it will not work - labels and plants get black from the smoke, while I adjusted it according the manual and it burned very effective by the eye (no smoke visible) - fuel is normally expensive Hope this gives you an insight from my experience this winter. I didn't lose one clone and I was very happy that I took the trouble and bought this equipment. The plants didn't suffer from the "smoke"

very nice!

Great pics Cedric!

Looking VERY good!

Fantastic job Alex, Phil's greenhouse has never looked that good, It actually shines!! If you are reading this Phil: :D