Tag Archives: pigs
Saying Goodbye to Goats
Things have been a little bit more difficult than usual here on the farm of late. Circumstances have caused us to pare back and refine our focus, which is to say that money is tight and we are finding it … Continue reading
Give Bees a Chance
I love bees. Because I love (and respect and admire) bees, I maintain some hives. I am, however, in the category of what one might call “super hands-off” when it comes to manipulating those hives. What this means is that I keep … Continue reading
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
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
Branching Out
The one mature apple tree on our property needed pruning. Almost three years ago, we planted five apple trees, four pear trees, and a peach tree in various spots around the farm. While these timber babes are starting to need the occasional trim … Continue reading
Goats, Beautiful Goats
There was a beautiful, sunny day last week. I left work to let the dogs out and check on the other animals and was immediately struck by how lovely everything looked. Something about the angle of the sun and the stillness … Continue reading
The F***ing Starlings
Starlings are the worst. And they are absolutely EVERYWHERE these days. They are eating more of the chicken feed than the chickens, whatever pig feed might be left in the troughs, and we are finding starling poop on surfaces that defy … Continue reading
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