I am in the process of going through my outdoor pots of Zephyranthes, Habranthus, Rhodophiala, Crinum, Lycoris, etc before winter actually sets in. The culprits in my garden are squirrels, jays, wrens, a neighbor's dog (he thankfully grew out of that stage), toads (they bury themselves and push out the labels) and fire ants. Added to that are the extreme fluctuations of temperature and our unrelenting summer sun. So now I have viable plants with newly rewritten tags viable plants with "? Z or H no tag" which means that either the tag was moved, lost, broke in half from weather, the ink faded, or the tag faded. and a little purgatory of probably dead but not forgotten plants (mostly from seed before I got more proficient) awaiting a final decision. I also have a lot of tags which were mysteriously strewn about that I may never reunite with their rightful owners. Up until this year I carefully recorded everything in Excel and still have the emails and paper records to update my collection. A numbering system definitely sounds like a better system than writing and rewriting information on tags. I am also considering engravable tags for plants that I know will stay and probably burying those or affixing them to the pots. I can't even imagine what the crows and jays would think of all those fun shiny tags put out for their entertainment and amusement! Erin Grace, Thomasville, Georgia, USA hardiness zone 8b, AHS heat zone 9