 | 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? |
Where can you farm snails?
31. A good place for a snail farm is one where there already are snails. If there already are snails, you will know that the soil and the water in the soil are right for snails to live and grow.
32. However, if there are no snails near where you live it does not mean that you cannot raise snails there.
33. If you have the right kind of soil with the right amount of water, you can bring good snails from another place to start your snail farm.
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