Hello all! Thank you to the many people who responded to my posts. I would have responded to you individually, but today was quite nuts; a long day I did purchase the alfalfa pellets. The kids are not quite favorable to the smell. Neither am I, if truth be told. I am not partial to strong smells. Like kids, like mom <g>. Thank you for the advise on stove chow, aka wood pellets. The problem with my finding this item in my area is I am located halfway between Houston and Galveston. I searched the WalMart, Home Depot...People just thought I was nuts! Stove pellets in the south?! Well, they sell a good deal of fire wood, so why not stove pellets? Go figure. (Anyone in my area found stove chow/wood pellets?). Someone did suggest I call a fireplace store to see if they could point me in the right direction. I will try this tomorrow. Again, thank you very much for your wonderful replies. Have a merry merry. Lise and the seven fun loving criminals who do not like their "green" foliage type litter. [Posted in FML issue 2901]