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Here I would love to share with you our travels and adventures as international mushroom consultants. MEMOIRS about husband Pieter Vedder, who was a SCIENTIFIC PIONEER in Mushroom Cultivation Education. His practical handbook is in 9 languages and is called the MUSHROOM BIBLE: https://mariettesbacktobasics.blogspot.com/2020/08/modern-mushroom-growing-2020-harvesting.html

Monday, April 22, 2013

{We Both Watched Silkworms Chew Mulberry Leaves in Italy}


  • When we went together on one of our consulting trips to Italy, we had quite an experience on June 6, 1986. We will never ever forget this day. After our work day, before our friend Tommaso did drop us off again, at our favorite four star hotel Bellavista in Montebelluna, Treviso, he brought us to the most unusual place we've ever been. A Sericulture or Silk Farming place! Wow, we had never ever seen anything like that! Sericulture or Silk Production... just click those hyperlinks. 
  • During my fashion study we did cover the qualities of the various silks, like Japanese and Italian silks being of very high quality. I knew Thai silk as my husband had a very special tie made from Thai silk, I knew raw silk, silk georgette, silk charmeuse etc. etc. 
  • But NEVER I had seen those actual silk worms. Yes, there are different types of silk worms, yielding those various silk qualities. But here we were in a kind of a huge greenhouse where racks were build and one could hear those thousands and thousands of silkworms actually chew!

  • This is the actual photo that my husband Pieter made of such silkworms being on the racks. In the back you also see some cocoons.
  • The entire family in this Italian town were involved. Cutting up the leaves from the mulberry trees for feeding them to those silkworms.

  • This is a ready cocoon that will be good for collecting!

I got one but gave it away to my nephew for taking it to school...
  • They yield 600 to 900 meters (2,000 to 3,000 feet) when unwinding, after dropping them in hot water. Poor silkworms...

  • From friend Tommaso I received this Italian book about Modern Silk Worm Culture.

  • Instead of copying some photos from this book, there is a link below this post where you will find plenty of silkworms eating mulberry leaves!

We did have a weeping mulberry tree near our gazebo. We cut it down as it grew so big and completely blocked our pond view. But this would be the leaves that they do prune off and chop them up like making salad, for feeding them to the silkworms!
In our wood garden we also do have a mulberry tree that does yield mulberries. Mostly they fall off and I guess the birds will feast on them. The tree is way too tall for us to get any for making jam.
Did any of you ever see this kind of silkworm farms?
Or does any of you have a mulberry tree?

Related link:
Silworms eat mulberry leaves | link from Bing with lots of photos for getting the idea

14 comments:

  1. i can only imagine the sound of them munching! so cool!

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  2. La seta Italiana! ...and yes, poor silkworms

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  3. Wow what a precious experience!! I've never seen silkworms in person ever! I forgot silkworms create silks. It 's just, hard to connect worm and beautiful silk in one line...haha. I didn't know mulberries are used to feed silkworms!

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  4. Isn't mother nature the most amazing artist?
    Fantastic!
    Wishing you a most wonderful week Mariette!
    xo Catherine

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  5. Liebe Mariette,

    FANTASTISCH!

    Alles Gute

    Elisabeth

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  6. Wonderful pictures of the silk worms...
    Dearest Mariette,
    I wish you a happy new week!
    love and hugs
    Claudia

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  7. Dearest Mariette,
    I had never seen silks farming in Japanese and Italian I know your husband has too much and with you!
    The entire family in Italian town Please enjoy lovely time!
    Hugs and love to you always!
    Michiko

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  8. Fantastico

    Buona settimana

    http://couturetrend.blogspot.it/

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  9. Liebe Mariette, das ist wirklich fantastisch.
    Danke fürs Zeigen.
    Einen schönen Abend wünscht Dir
    Irmi

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  10. Poor are all of them that are used for our clothing.

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  11. Lieve Mariette,

    Heel interesssante posting,ja ik was een keer tijdens excursie in Turkije in dorpje waar veel families leven van de zijdeteelt,het proces van zijdevlinder,eitje,larve,moerbeiboom,cocon tot zijdedraad hebben we daar gezien.
    En de vrouwen die hele dagen bezig waren aan hun weefgetouw met het weven/knopen van de prachtigste kleden van wol,katoen en zijde.

    Mijn jongste zus heeft in haar tuin een geënte moerbeiboom als natuurlijke parasol.

    Liefs,Ger

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  12. Hello dear Mariette,
    Indeed silk worms are quite incredible, I've visited also a silk farm.
    It is very ancient and has arrived to Europe thanks to Marco Polo I believe.
    Interesting post!
    Warm hugs and take care :)

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  13. Liebe Mariette,
    gerne lese ich bei Dir, denn Du schreibst so viel Interessantes und Deine Fotos sind so toll dazu.
    Nein, weder Seidenraupe noch Maulbeerbaum "wachsen" bei uns, das wäre hier wohl zu kalt und die Raupen würden sich erkälten *lach* Im Wissensfernsehen sah ich mal einen tollen Bericht, vielleicht waren das sogar die selben Leute?, von denen Du schreibst... Wunderschöne gewebte Stoffe im antiken Stil wurden dort auch gezeigt und alte Webstühle aus dem 17. Jahrhundert, die alle noch intakt sind und gehegt und gepflegt werden, ich mag so was.
    Danke für Deinen Post.

    Alles Liebe für Dich und Peter.
    Traudi.

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