permaculture

[blissv@nmhu.campus.mci.net]

>Many times I have wished I had the courage to just fry those munchers up,
steam 'em, coat them in chocolate, whatever!... and try them!  So far, the
idea of crunching on them hasn't appealed to me... yuck... those beady
little eyes I have had nightmares about (no kidding)...who knows? in the
whole scheme of things, maybe they are in abundance TO provide us with a
food source in days to come...
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>At 12:51 PM 11/9/98 -0800, you wrote:
>>Say... Didn`t Bill Mollison say that grasshoppers were delicious and an 
>>essential element in couscous?....;)
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>>Marsha
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>>blissv@nmhu.campus.mci.net wrote:
>>> 
>>> I dunno, Jack, the chickens here were picking off the big full-grown 
>>> hoppers
>>> pretty well! Early in the season there are the newly hatched buggers and
>>> then a whole generation of those that made it through full grown.
>>> 
>>> Mowing the perimeter is one of those things you keep saying works. Will 
>>> have
>>> to try it though the Nosema(Nolo Bait) didn't do any noticeable good here.
>>> Perhaps I didn't start early enough, and it does require several
>>> applications with the hoppers still hoppin' several weeks after 
>>> application
>>> even if it does work!
>>> 
>>> If you still had food after the hoppers came through, Bobbi, then you had
>>> them like I did this year or last...NOT like the year I got totally wiped
>>> out. There is really a difference. Good that you at least still had hole-y
>>> leaves and yes, you must be doing something right.
>>> 
>>> No, I do not think the wild and domesticated turkeys will compete since
>>> yours would be penned, presumably.  As some one mentioned, it is helpful 
>>> to
>>> get turkeys bred as a cross.
>>> 
>>> The toms get huge! The hens, not so big. Frankly, mine vanished when they
>>> were smaller than full grown as we were traveling and the house sitter 
>>> left
>>> for a few days. We'll never know if the coyotes got them when left out at
>>> night or if they drowned (there's quite a story... true? not sure.. about
>>> turkeys looking up when it rains and drowning...like I said, they're not 
>>> too
>>> bright) So you get the turkeys in there when they're still small and young
>>> and if they do get too large, eventually, you move them out. I do not 
>>> think
>>> they would fly over a 7 foot fence.
>>> 
>>> v
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