Well, the day came this past saturday when it was time to take one of our beautiful hogs, the one we named ‘Ham’ matter of fact, and convert him to preservable freezer stock. It was an interesting day to say the least, as this is the first hog I have personally butchered, so it was… » read more

I mentioned in a previous post that 2 of our dogs (jack & brownie) got out of their pen & took off. It has been months & no glimpse of them. I like to browse through craigslist.org looking at the pet section. Much to my husband’s dismay, I found a lady who lives about 40… » read more

Just a quick update to let you all know how we are doing and give you some new perspective on our little piglets that were.
We had 2 birthdays celebrated this weekend with a big party for both of em. Ian is turning 5 this week and little man Tommy just hit the terrible two’s, but he… » read more

In a previous post I mentioned we found out that our so-called white mare is really a stallion. He has since been renamed by our almost 5 year old, who insists on calling him Diego. As in “Go, Diego, Go”, one of his favorite cartoons. I guess it could be worse
This past Friday… » read more