To Tim Kesterson: I also had problems with my ferrets and cat uprooting my plants. There are several ways I solved this problem. For most of my small-medium size planters, I used another sturdy pot the same size or bigger and turned it upside down to use as a stand to place the pot with the plant on. This placed the plant out of the ferrets reach and since I used a pot made out of hard smooth plastic, it was too slick to climb. For my larger plants I used posterboard to fashion a shield around the top of the pot, using adhesive tape to hold the posterboard wrapped around the pot. Then I decorated the outside of the posterboard with contact paper to make it more attractive. This makes the outside of the pot too high for the ferret to jump over and you can still water the plant. There have been other good ideas on the past ferret lists such as using decorative rocks on top of the soil so the ferret cannot get to the dirt. Also using a small mesh wire screen over the top of the pot. I hope these ideas will help you. Judith Gallipeau and the dirt loving trio, Wee-zul,Tee-bone and Delilah. [Posted in FML issue 1076]