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Monthly Archives: March 2005
Farm Sale
Mother Nature sure enjoys toying with us mere mortals. Almost 40 degrees colder today than yesterday, with light snow and 30 mph winds. Great day to stand around outside and buy farm machinery. (Not!) I wanted to take more pictures, … Continue reading
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Spring Is In The Air
Sunday was the first day to hint at spring, almost 70 degrees and sunny. The 6-day-old piglets found their way outdoors, and in the sun we could see copper-colored streaks in their hair. My brother says that may be some … Continue reading
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Q&A: Pigs – The Large Black
Our boar, Winston, is a purebred Large Black. Large Blacks are listed as “Critical” by the American Livestock Breeds Conservancy . This means that there are fewer than 200 annual North American registrations of these pigs, and it’s estimated there … Continue reading
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Waning poetic
I started this blog to capture both the ups and downs of our experience on this little farmstead. In yesterday’s post I waxed poetic about the ups. And it’s all true. But I was giggling to myself a little, thinking … Continue reading
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Fudge
That’s what we named calf #2. His mama’s name is Carmel, so I was thinking carmel sundae…fudge sundae…and there it was. Fudge. All of the porcine and bovine babies are doing well today.
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Why we do this
I had the nicest email last night from a gal who somehow stumbled into my little blog and was taken back to her own childhood growing up on a farm. She ended her email with the words “You are truly … Continue reading
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Maternity Ward
Matt came in the house about 6:00 last night and said Sarah was definitely acting “piggy”. He took the girls back out with him to get Winston moved and then they set up shop with Sarah, right inside her little … Continue reading
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