BIGLETS.
We haven’t posted anything about the piglets lately, but needless to say…they aren’t so little anymore. Gomer is still the runt, but he has also become the Boss Hog. Trousers is the escape artist, and...
View ArticleWILD ANIMALS.
We rotate our goats and our pigs through the woods, often daily. This can be an incredibly annoying chore (dragging electric fencing through the forest), but it is how we are slowly clearing our land....
View ArticleTHIS & THAT.
Some random photos from the past week. Opal and Livi helping to dig the ginger. Pretty morning light in the greenhouse. Dyeing yarn with goldenrod. A very muddy Gomer. Playing cards with the kids.
View ArticleA WORKING PREGNANCY.
About a week ago, I found myself running through the woods at 3 AM in the pouring rain, splattering mud all over my pajamas as I chased the escaped pigs with a stick and a bucket of food. It was …...
View ArticleA GOOD, OLD-FASHIONED HUMBLING.
When we came back to the house from doing chores yesterday morning, the pigs were out. All of them. Again. Feel like you’ve read this post before? Same here. Honestly, it’s becoming a joke––a really...
View ArticleTHIS & THAT.
Some random photos from the past week. The weirdest, stinkiest goat. Typical morning routine. Boris and Gomer. Moving those animals. Somebody snuck inside on a chilly morning.
View ArticleNEW STRATEGIES.
As we deal with the fact that we are possibly having a baby any day now, we are trying to simplify some things around here. Since I am currently not as capable as I once was of chasing escaped pigs...
View ArticleTHIS & THAT.
Some random photos from the past week. We got this years pigs! But they are completely terrified of us, so the only photos we can get of them are creepy paparazzi-zoom shots. We moved our bed...
View ArticlePIGS IN THE WOODS.
We are having mixed feelings about the pigs lately. We love the pigs. We love raising pigs. It makes a lot of sense for our farm and our land. But somedays, it is really, REALLY frustrating. We raise...
View ArticleWHY WE’RE NOT RAISING PIGS THIS YEAR (AND WHY THAT’S OKAY).
We love pigs… most of the time. Most of the time the pigs are well-behaved, sweet, and ultimately nutritious (I am, as I write this, cooking sausage from last year’s pigs for breakfast). But then...
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