Thanks Sherry, It has been a crazy day for me. I have two Monarchs that have already formed a chrysalis and there was one fat one in the butterfly cage, so I took the top off to go to get more Leaves for the third guy. I just threw the leaf in with the others, thinking he was on the bottom of one of the leaves and put the top back on. Several hours later I was checking on him and could not find him anywhere in the cage. I looked everywhere in the room; the cats are all in my computer room. Finally after several hours I found him on my potted Christmas Cactus. I put him back in the cage, and he headed for the top to pupate. Sure glad I finally found him!!! I now am raising 9 Monarch Cats, all different sizes, and 7 BST that hatched on Thursday. Betty

MsToni, When all the cats are pupated, then move the container outside or put it in the basement. You can move the ones on the paper towel by cutting around them and taping them up in a different place. I currently have chrys on paper towels taped to the siding on my house. The reptile cage will be just great. You really don't need to do a thing for them this winter. Just remember to bring them out when it warms up. It won't hurt your one that has already pupated to wait to be put in the cold. It won't eclose this fall. I have lots of chrys in my laundry room that have not eclosed and that I will be moving outside after all the cats have pupated. Pretty much all of this last generation pupate over the winter. Cathy, it doesn't hurt them to be out in the freezing weather. My chrys were out on my patio all winter. It got down into the single digits here with a horrible ice storm and lots of snow. When it warmed up, the BSTs eclosed just fine. You are right, they do this outside all the time. I have lots of chrys all over my house right now, hanging on the eaves, window frames, etc, and on the trellises and plants in the garden. I'm not going to take any of them in. They will just have to make it on their own, and I'm confident that they will. Sandy

Oh my gosh- I remember thinking about that when I first logged on to their site- then I got sucked into the website and forgot all about it- I'm really glad I did, although I am really new at this and I'm sure the mistake they made didn't make as big a lingering (obviously) impression on me as it would to a more experienced "fig" person. I actually forgot all about the name and will be notifying them as to the mistake asap. In the meantime, I would be happy to post pix of the "trees" I have received and will let you be the judge... and if I've been duped, I will still have figs as 2 of the gorgeous trees have figs on them! Thank you for reminding me of this and I will try to post the pix within a couple days. Figs ROCK! Christy

boulderbelt, Thank you for writing. I DO appreciate your advice. You've probably listed very accurately why I'm hesitating. I got the heirloom seeds a week ago, and a 72 jiffy pot seed tray* at Walmart, and I still haven't sowed one seed. *I do have professional seed trays and the collection of seed sowing things I mentioned in my original post, I just didn't want to drag them all out. I was a one-woman flower farmer at my previous home, and never had enough to attempt a market, (or was too scared to), and the market wasn't five minutes away, either. I'm in & new to a small town, the market is a big thing,(and literally 5 minutes away) but I don't know how well attended. I told the market manager that I'd have very little and she said to come anyway. Having to live in this rent house and not knowing what kind of house/land we're going to get has REALLY put a crimp in my growing needs & wants! Of course I also DON'T want to haul 70 jillion plant pots to whatever new house we get. I think I could go to the Friday morning market, but not Tuesday or Saturday. Stillllll. The hesitation is stunning, and so is the "want"! Lucky me! One of my ideas earlier this spring/late winter was to just sell directly to my friends, instead of attempting the market. Maybe I should revisit that idea. Need to run to work, will ponder there instead of here on the computer. Thanks for your reply. I really appreciate the #'s you gave me. If I do the market this year or better, next or beyond, those #'s will be very helpful in my planning. susiq