After threatening to start a farmette last year, with best, yet insufficiently serious intentions, this winter, we were finally able to locate pigs to add to our otherwise avian (and canine – let’s not forget canine) menagerie. But not just any pigs, mind you. Given my preoccupation with obscure winter squash, and our love of… Continue Reading
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What to Expect When You’re Starting Out Pig Farming
“You know your life is complete when your wife gets you pigs for Christmas,” JR announced to my great-uncle during a visit to our house this past weekend. After he made this bold statement, we proudly toured my great-uncle around showing him the temporary fence that would guide the pigs from their winter home in… Continue Reading
Tiny Farmhouse Friday: Our First Litter of Gloucestershire Old Spots Pigs
Starting a pig farm is an awful lot like starting a family, only, you know, with less concern with affection between the partners. Though I do think that Zeke is rather smitten with Prudence and Rebecca, they’re a little less enthusiastic about him. He’s a pain in the arse at bedtime, he doesn’t know when… Continue Reading
Tiny Farmhouse Friday: National Pig Day
For real. It’s a thing. Today is National Pig Day. Saturday at our local feed and grain store is a busy day, horse owners loading their pick-up beds with bales of Canadian hay, our chicken-owning neighbors buying feed for the week, and pig owners like us buying grain and confessing to the store owner our… Continue Reading
Tiny Farmhouse Friday: Rooster Trouble
I had really wanted this post to be about pigs. Heck, I want every post to be about our pigs, but then, I know that would be horribly boring for you, and you’d wonder when we might ever be able to talk collard greens or beets again (nearly everyone’s favorite vegetables, so clearly hot topics),… Continue Reading