Here's something that failed to impress our grandkids - even the kids on the block were 'ho-hum'. Not even a hint that they may be interested. All grey nomads will remember them once they see them....freshly hatched too and I bet you enjoyed them when you were a kid.
Yep ... I kept em - for a while. Then I discovered chickens and hens and roosters ... I much preferred breeding chooks. I had 18 hens and 2 roosters from about age 8 until age 11.
cheers - John
countryroad said
03:13 AM Sep 12, 2013
They're only little babbies...first know where there's a mulberry tree,
Today they have virtual pets, bakeries, restaurants, farms...why ?!?!
aussietraveller said
05:49 AM Sep 12, 2013
I remember as a kid sitting on mum's front verandah for hours trying to unravel the cocoon so I could sell the silk for pocket money
Dougwe said
04:32 PM Sep 12, 2013
Yep, I remember them too, they are still around though. Little Bug......er's aren't they Denis.
hako said
07:26 PM Sep 12, 2013
Dougwe wrote:
Yep, I remember them too, they are still around though. Little Bug......er's aren't they Denis.
Do you remember that characteristic smell they had Doug?.
They now sell them on Ebay and if you don't have a mulberry tree you can buy special food for them. Maybe they'd make good caravan pets as well.
Happywanderer said
10:11 PM Sep 12, 2013
We've got a mulberry tree here. Don't think I've seen those little critters but the birds eat most of the berries anyway.
Dougwe said
10:14 PM Sep 12, 2013
I think for memory Denis they had a very strong bitter like and sickly like smell, quite strong. Remember though Denis uncle Al is getting a grip on me.
hako said
01:37 AM Sep 13, 2013
Doug - it ain't Uncle Al, he only takes from you what happened recently, but that's just going from memory.....I think.
The smell I get is musty, overpowering and stuffy - a bit like in a yachts sail locker that hasn't been opened for years.
Regarding Uncle Al, I wonder if the memory of scent/smell diminishes when he visits.....every time I smell cheap perfume (not often) I'm reminded of the stuff I used to buy from Coles for my Mum in the early 50's for her birthday.
Regards
sandsmere said
01:30 PM Sep 13, 2013
Yeah . Haven't seen them for a lot of years .
Feed them different types of leaves to get different coloured silk . Can't remember the colours now .
We used to give them mulberry , lettuce , passionfruit and others too .
GaryKelly said
07:44 PM Sep 13, 2013
A few years ago, a "modern kid" from across the road used to show me his shoe box full of mulberry leaves and silk worms on his way to school. So at least some kids are still kids. I remember his pet frog too. He's 16 now so he's into more "mature" things.
woosy said
10:52 PM Sep 15, 2013
Well that was a trip down memory lane loved my silk worms
we had a wooden frame that we put the silk on to...... also had tad poles
but the children of to-day have i-pads and games on their phones
I fear the day technology will surpass our human interaction
cheers
Wizardofoz said
10:08 PM Sep 16, 2013
When we ran out of Mulberry leaves we would feed them on rose leaves, the only difference was Mulberry leaves produce yellow silk and rose leaves produce white silk.
Here's something that failed to impress our grandkids - even the kids on the block were 'ho-hum'. Not even a hint that they may be interested. All grey nomads will remember them once they see them....freshly hatched too and I bet you enjoyed them when you were a kid.
Gday...
Yep ... I kept em - for a while. Then I discovered chickens and hens and roosters ... I much preferred breeding chooks. I had 18 hens and 2 roosters from about age 8 until age 11.
cheers - John
Today they have virtual pets, bakeries, restaurants, farms...why ?!?!
Do you remember that characteristic smell they had Doug?.
They now sell them on Ebay and if you don't have a mulberry tree you can buy special food for them. Maybe they'd make good caravan pets as well.
The smell I get is musty, overpowering and stuffy - a bit like in a yachts sail locker that hasn't been opened for years.
Regarding Uncle Al, I wonder if the memory of scent/smell diminishes when he visits.....every time I smell cheap perfume (not often) I'm reminded of the stuff I used to buy from Coles for my Mum in the early 50's for her birthday.
Regards
Yeah . Haven't seen them for a lot of years .
Feed them different types of leaves to get different coloured silk . Can't remember the colours now .
We used to give them mulberry , lettuce , passionfruit and others too .
Well that was a trip down memory lane loved my silk worms
we had a wooden frame that we put the silk on to...... also had tad poles
but the children of to-day have i-pads and games on their phones
I fear the day technology will surpass our human interaction
cheers
When we ran out of Mulberry leaves we would feed them on rose leaves, the only difference was Mulberry leaves produce yellow silk and rose leaves produce white silk.