I forgot to put the silkworm eggs I bred last August in the refrigerator. I left them in my closet and when I walked in yesterday I found three thousand baby silkworms on a shelf looking for food.
The mulberry is barely leafing and it is a bit cool to start silk farming, especially with guests at the house. But they hatched and I will look after them. Busy days ahead.
The indigo is already growing and there is a wonderful nest near the front door.
Beautiful days.
Friday, 1 May 2015
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happy to know i am not alone...i opened my closet at the beginning of the new school year [i may have been 9 at the time] to find my school bag...hurled in there at the end of the previous term, covered in eggs. forgotten cocoons. the moths had emerged, procreated and died.
ReplyDeletespring is happening everywhere. removed a tick from my friend this morning. yep, here, too. good spot for a home.
ReplyDeleteoh glorious Spring when all the world is new again. Can't imagine finding 3,000 unexpected babies in my closet!
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