Too cold to eat

I woke up this morning to an unexpected cool morning, this is not good for the worms. They slow their eating as the weather cools. I suspect this leads to decreased size and health if the worm, reflected in size and quality of cocoon. I've taken note by my several failed worm tearing experiences, the first ten days are critical to the worms long term success in weaving their cocoon. Health and prosperity in youth leads to weath and joy in maturity, so they say.

I find, spending the time early in the worms life tending to their finer needs, seeming low but important, relieves me of harsher duties of culling the weaker, time consuming worms in that final week of their feastings. The young worms like to eat a fine, thin, young leaf from the lower branches of the mulberry. They are picker about temperature control and lighting, regularity in both will give better success rates.

The next two days will require the house heat to be on, specifically for the maintence of the worms. When the days get above 75, I'll worry less about temperature control.

Day 5 of 39, May 21st