We tried everything, cow halters, ropes, dog leashes, pulling, pushing… nothing would get that fatty back across the river, so we had to bring in the big guns. Her short legs would have certainly meant she would have to swim in parts, float or be drug. Hmmm. This was definitely a two man job, and … Continue reading
The spring thaw has really arrived in the last few days. Some views from our ride home from school yesterday. Since it has been so warm, the river has begun to rise. Henny Penny decided that there was a lot to root around in across the river. She and the cows did not come home … Continue reading
Lucy had a very rough time with delivering 9 stillborn piglets on July 26, but little Marcelo was the only one born alive and strong and a good eater from the start. It is amazing how fast tiny piglets grow, and considering that Marcelo, named after the son of our dear friends, Jackie and Blanca, … Continue reading
My amazing homesteading friends from Golden Goose Farm built their own cold smoker and have “smoking parties” whenever it is time to fire it up for smoking meats. Everyone brings their own brined or cured bacon or other meats and some wonderful Weston A. Price types of potluck food to share with all the families … Continue reading
Bacon is one of those volatile subjects, best discussed among the faithful. I will leave the various discussions among the faithful who abstain due to religious beliefs, the faithful who abstain due to cholesterol brainwashing by the medical industrial complex, the faithful who abstain due to knowledge of the agricultural industrial complex system of CAFO … Continue reading
Wanted dead or alive. I have always loved animals, but long ago never ever thought I would get to a place where I could eat my pets, much less process them myself. Research into industrial food production, so detrimental to health and the cruelty to animals and employees, opened my eyes and strengthened my resolve. … Continue reading
Lucy farrowed yesterday morning in the old barn. She had nine piglets, and four of them were stillborn. This morning’s milking was a disaster because I have to bring Annabelle and Siegfried into the old barn to milk and while Lucy was pretty docile yesterday, today was different. She smelled the milk and tried to … Continue reading
We bought our American Guinea Hogs the first week in September, 2011. The sow, Charlotte, was so grossly overweight that she could hardly take three steps without collapsing, and though she had a litter of ten piglets, by the time we got her, she had already crushed six of them. Her hooves were terribly overgrown, … Continue reading
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