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A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.
-Robert A. Heinlein
Kimi Iszikala wrote:Can native mulberry be used to raise silkworms? I wouldn't want to introduce non-native invasive species, and mulberries spread so rapidly. https://articles.extension.org/pages/67320/morus-alba-white-mulberry
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Mary-Ellen Zands wrote:Hi there Chris,
I am grateful for all trees. There are not many mulberries in this area at all. Even the Morus Rubrus I have never seen in the wild. I forage for a lot of my food and haven’t come across a single species! They are also clear cutting all across eastern Ontario. Which you probably know nothing about. I think it’s not publicized, even though we try to make a stink about it. The farmers are paid $500.00 an acre and there are thousands of acres of trees and forests that have disappeared since I have moved here. In fact in the last 2 years it seems to have sped up and the farmers are getting reckless. No one here seems to remember the stories of the dust bowl of the 30’s.
I am grateful for every tree I see. If I had wanted to live in the prairies I would have moved there. Now they have come to me!
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.
-Robert A. Heinlein
Mary-Ellen Zands wrote:They are also clear cutting all across eastern Ontario. Which you probably know nothing about. I think it’s not publicized, even though we try to make a stink about it. The farmers are paid $500.00 an acre and there are thousands of acres of trees and forests that have disappeared since I have moved here. In fact in the last 2 years it seems to have sped up and the farmers are getting reckless. No one here seems to remember the stories of the dust bowl of the 30’s.
I am grateful for every tree I see. If I had wanted to live in the prairies I would have moved there. Now they have come to me!
A piece of land is worth as much as the person farming it.
-Le Livre du Colon, 1902
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.
-Robert A. Heinlein
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Bombyx mori (L.)
Continental US No Permit to Import Required
Bombyx mori (L.)
All Other Countries Permit to Import
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homegrown yarn and fibre
homegrown linen ~ crowing hen farm ~ how permies works
"be kind, be calm, be safe"
homegrown yarn and fibre
homegrown linen ~ crowing hen farm ~ how permies works
r ranson wrote:I want to grow silkmoths but am having trouble sourcing eggs and supplies in Canada.
The internet ordering sites I found are out of date.
I tried the local pet store (silkworms make good lizard food) but they can't get any in.
Does anyone know where I can source supplies and eggs for raising silk?
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r ranson wrote:I want to grow silkmoths but am having trouble sourcing eggs and supplies in Canada.
The internet ordering sites I found are out of date.
I tried the local pet store (silkworms make good lizard food) but they can't get any in.
Does anyone know where I can source supplies and eggs for raising silk?
$10.00 is a donation. $1,000 is an investment, $1,000,000 is a purchase.
r ranson wrote:I want to grow silkmoths but am having trouble sourcing eggs and supplies in Canada.
The internet ordering sites I found are out of date.
I tried the local pet store (silkworms make good lizard food) but they can't get any in.
Does anyone know where I can source supplies and eggs for raising silk?
$10.00 is a donation. $1,000 is an investment, $1,000,000 is a purchase.
Cécile Stelzer Johnson wrote:
In Canada, do you have access to white mulberry leaves? apparently, the growing zones are 4-8.
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My mom told me a long time ago that my dad had written a treatise on raising silkworms but I have not been able to find it. Maybe my sister knows. I'll see.
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hans muster wrote:Do you know the ailanthus silkmoth?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samia_cynthia
It may be better suited for small scale, as the ailanthus silkmoth is not as picky. And it feeds on an invasive species!
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$10.00 is a donation. $1,000 is an investment, $1,000,000 is a purchase.
"be kind, be calm, be safe"
homegrown yarn and fibre
homegrown linen ~ crowing hen farm ~ how permies works
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.
-Robert A. Heinlein
"be kind, be calm, be safe"
homegrown yarn and fibre
homegrown linen ~ crowing hen farm ~ how permies works
"be kind, be calm, be safe"
homegrown yarn and fibre
homegrown linen ~ crowing hen farm ~ how permies works
"be kind, be calm, be safe"
homegrown yarn and fibre
homegrown linen ~ crowing hen farm ~ how permies works
"be kind, be calm, be safe"
homegrown yarn and fibre
homegrown linen ~ crowing hen farm ~ how permies works
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