Posts Tagged by Pigs
Buying a Pig From The Wallow
| January 24, 2012 | Posted by Issa under Animals |
Last year Joshua and I raised extra pigs to sell to our friends. It completely delights me to be able to help more people get meat from animals who are raised in non-industrial conditions. And it makes me happy that I get to have more pigs! I’ve just started talking with people about this years pigs, and I thought the information I’ve compiled for my friends might be interesting to someone else out there, too.… Keep Reading
Lard
| January 17, 2012 | Posted by Issa under Kitchen |
Lard rendered from the fat of our own pig, then canned for storage. Beautiful. Keep Reading
Summer Pigs 2011
| August 10, 2011 | Posted by Issa under Animals |
The happiest pig on the block is one covered in mud during the heat of the day, of course: Sausage and Fatback peek out from the shade: Nomming on some corn tossed on the ground: Peeking out from a mud hole: Punkin, with my hammock in the background: Keep Reading
What’s Happening Now
| May 19, 2011 | Posted by Issa under Animals |
There’s a particular type of experience that comes with having a caring relationship with animals, whether they’re people or non-human animals. It’s the experience of having one kind of plan for your day, and then something happens with the animal and your day goes in an entirely different direction. This happens with friends. You think you’re about to sit down for dinner, but your friend calls and is stuck an hour away with a flat… Keep Reading
Pig Playtime
| April 15, 2011 | Posted by Issa under Animals |
The pig adventure for 2011 is well under way. I’m very happy with this year’s pigs so far. They do a much more thorough job of eating from the pasture and are more active and alert than last year’s pigs. I’m not giving them a wallow this year, since last year’s wallow got kind of nasty. This means I go out to let them play in the hose during the heat of the day instead.… Keep Reading
Animal Adventures
| April 5, 2011 | Posted by Issa under Animals |
The last few days have brought a lot of animal adventures, and by “adventures” I mean stressful situations. A few days ago, during the first sheep-wrangling practice session, Buck (our ram) cut his leg on a cinder block in the barn. Joshua and I had some trouble determining how bad the cut was, but it was bleeding non-stop, so we tried to take Buck to the vet. After we got Buck into the truck (another stressful… Keep Reading
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