Tag Archives: piglets
Size Matters
“While it is always possible to wake a person who’s sleeping, no amount of noise will wake a person who is pretending to be asleep.” – Jonathan Safron Foer (Eating Animals) We consider factory farmed meat unacceptable. It is unacceptable … Continue reading
Pig Wires
The piglets have been escaping every day. It is not uncommon to pull into the driveway after work only to be greeted by the usual menagerie of chickens, only NOW that coterie is intermingled with the random piglet, or two. Or eight. … Continue reading
When Goats Fly
I can’t believe I haven’t told you about the goat kids. Life has gotten insanely busy over the past month and there has been precious little time for such lovely frivolities as blog post writing, but it is verging on … Continue reading
Slow-Roasted Pork
The piglets were born on Saturday and by Sunday night, the weather had gotten really cold. After finding one little one dead on Sunday morning, we needed to ensure that the remaining nine were as protected as possible insofar as we … Continue reading
Coming Full Circle(ish)
Girl Pig had her first litter yesterday. Sophie and I were hanging clothes on the line when we heard what was clearly Two Pigs Fighting coming from the pig shed. I ran to investigate and found Girl Pig in a … Continue reading
This Little Piggy
We finished the first piglet from this August’s litter today. With five of the original 11 piglets remaining, we still needed to thin the herd a bit heading into the winter. Also, we needed Thanksgiving dinner. Now, while these wonderful … Continue reading
What a Boar!
Squeak the Boar, 18 months, of East Chatham, New York, died at home today, surrounded by friends and relatives. He was born in West Swanzee, New Hampshire, and travelled to East Chatham at just six weeks of age. He was … Continue reading
… And Then There Were Seven.
We sold four of the piglets yesterday. Once piglets are at least six weeks old, it is generally fine to separate them from their mama. Obviously, specifics need to be considered (e.g. we have one that is substantially smaller than … Continue reading
The Rest is Bacon
The First Piglet Outbreak was awful. I came home, hoping to settle down and finally build the 16 beehive frames I urgently need before I can take honey this Monday. I went out to check on all the animals to find … Continue reading
Getting Sauced
Every year, our tomato crops are by far our most successful of everything we grow. After planting our first garlic in the fall of 2011, the first structure we put up was our hoop house. We filled it with five … Continue reading
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