The life of our Berkshire stud muffin, El Guapo, is fraught with choices. Berkshire, Tamworth, Ossabaw or cross? A Berkshire beauty getting some shade in a hut below. Another Berk in the wallow. An Ossabaw socializing. A Tamworth in her brood pen. This one does not like you to come … [Read more...]
Fall Fields and Woods
It's been pretty dry recently, which made last week's end-of-season shower so welcome and so spectacular. But life goes on as usual at the farm. In these dry conditions, we spend a lot of time filling up wallows for the pigs in the woods. They immediately find their way to the goopy, cooling … [Read more...]
Sheep And Dogs In The Pasture
The ewes are with the rams right now in the pasture behind the Tavern. They all seem quite content. Just grazin' and lazin'. Sometimes even turning their backs. But quickly, the dogs knew I was there. Little Nellie spotted me first. All excitement and tails wags until her … [Read more...]
Dusk Magic
Summer is showing some signs of aging. A few leaves are dropping and praying mantises are emerging to lay eggs. A dusk walk on a summer night has us searching for signs, like the last of the hydrangeas, a luna moth carcass and various plants flowering in anticipation of fall. The quiet of the farm after these … [Read more...]
Finding the Shade
Its going to be a hot week and weekend. We prepare on the farm by moving animals to wooded areas and bringing in shade wagons for a respite from the sun. The pigs always appreciate a nice, goopy wallow in which to cool down. And the chickens have the chicken mobile, which has shade and nice airflow … [Read more...]
Summer Stylings
Well, it hasn't been the warmest spring...or the driest. But that means lots and lots of grass. Grass for eating, grass for lounging, grass for playing. Sometimes all three at once. And of course, grass for hay. We use the hay year round for bedding. And when I say "we"... I of course mean the pigs … [Read more...]
Puppy Update
Well, Sassy has done a great job (and of course the secondary caregiver, Farmer Brett!). All of her puppies are happy and healthy. Here is a bunch resting in the shade: Like youth everywhere, they cannot resist the siren song of mud and water. These cute little furballs are already outside, guarding … [Read more...]
New Families
There is a population explosion happening at the farm. Piglets, lambs and lambs and lambs, calves and...puppies! Yes, we have our first litter here at the farm. Sassy had a litter 2 weeks ago and they are adorable, 100% Great Pyrenees fluffballs. Sassy is doing great (but Brett might have lost some … [Read more...]
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