I'll make you a promise. Once you taste pork raised right on your own property you'll never want to buy it in the store again. That taste comes with a price tag, though. I'm not going to lie. You'll invest time, money and a whole lot of energy into raising your own pork. For 8-12... Continue Reading →
Let's talk pigs for a little bit. We've put in a few permanent pig pens at the back of the property. They're close to the pasture so that when we are ready to put our pigs on grass they'll be right there. That day will come. Eventually. Until then, we've got feeder pigs in a... Continue Reading →
There I was. Standing in the barn with both hands firmly wrapped around the legs of a squealing three week old male pig. I held it up as the vet made an incision across each testicle, beginning the castration process. And the first squeal sent Charlotte charging at us. I had dreaded the moment most... Continue Reading →
You might be saying to yourself, I have no interest in pigs. I don't have room for them. I don't know anything about them. I don't WANT to know anything about them. I get it. Not too long ago, I was at least in the neighborhood of this kind of thinking. Give me cows. Give... Continue Reading →
Here we are once again, at the birth another new year. The older I get, the quicker the years seems to pass. On more than one occasion last year, I had to double check the calendar because it sure felt like we had just started into 2018 not that long ago. But alas, we've now... Continue Reading →
Let's be real for a few moments. Can we? Because I'm going to come clean on something. When we brought the pigs home last May, I had good intentions on creating a separate space for Churchill, our boar. Because one boar with four gilts will eventually lead to...well, you know. But those good intentions are... Continue Reading →
We weren't going to do it. At least not this soon. Adding pigs to the homestead was pretty low on the list of priorities. But then Facebook Marketplace happened. You know how that goes. A good deal too good to pass came along and...well... we decided to take a leap. We want to be a... Continue Reading →