Sorry for all the noobiness, but this is one of the best stories I've read, in ages. I am planning to do a closet like you did, and I'm so glad I read this seeing that it needs WAY more light than I thought, but because of economics, I have to go with flourescents, right now (LED's later). So reading this story come to fruition, I learned a lot-- especially how much detail there is, in this... you kept mentioning how you were feeding them molasses and so forth, when I would have forgotten about this.
But we all have one question...
How does she smoke? What are your impressions? What does she taste like, smell like?