To follow up on my previous posting about these mesh pots: I just checked one, and although I thought they were made in Holland, in fact they are MADE IN ENGLAND, and the brand name is FINOFIL. Neither of the suppliers from which I have bought them will tell me where they get them--they are giving me a 20% discount off retail, but still making money from me. However, an Internet search might disclose the mother lode of mesh pots. Regarding making one's own from wire: Don't use chicken wire -- small rodents can go right through it. However, there is a small-mesh product called "aviary wire" that stops them. Hardware cloth is even better. However, after some years of experience, I don't recommend using any kind of wire mesh in a buried situation. It rusts, and when you go to remove it, it pulls apart and is an awful mess. Pieces can remain hidden in the ground to interfere with cultivation for years. I am now using commercial nursery groundcloth, a woven plastic product that lasts about 10 years on the surface and indefinitely if covered, below my bulb frames. I have yet to see any burrowing animal come up through it, although moles often attempt to -- their hills are obvious as ankle-spraining humps under the walkways. The only problem is that the dogs hear the rodents under the groundcloth and sometimes tear it in an attempt to get them. Another advantage though is that snakes like to live under it, and I'm sure they do away with some pests. Jane McGary