 | Farming snails 1: Learning about snails; Building a pen; Food and shelter plants source ref: fb33fe.htm |
 |  | Introduction |
|  | What do you need to start? |
| | Learning about snails |
| | What kind of snails can you farm? |
| | Where can you get snails? |
| | Where can you farm snails? |
| | The soil and the water in the soil |
| | Plants for food and plants for shelter |
| | Dew and rain |
| | Land that is wet |
| | Wind |
| | Where do you keep snails when you farm them? |
| | How many snails will you need when you first begin? |
| | How much snail meat can you expect to get? |
| | Now you must decide |
| | How to begin |
| | Choose a place on your land to put your snail farm |
| | Clean the site and prepare the ground |
| | Building a pen |
| | Plant the food and shelter plants |
| | When are the plants big enough for food and for shelter? |
What do you need to start?
You will need
• enough snails to start your snail farm
Snail
• a place near your house with the right kind of soil and the right amount of water for snails to live and grow
A place near your house
• the kinds of plants that snails need for food and shelter
• the materials to build a pen for the snail
Plants that snails need; The materials to build a pen
10. If you have or can get all of these things, you can raise snails.
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