19 June 2007
Since last year when we first tried our hand at raising pigs, we have
really grown to like them. This year we decided to raise a few more as
the pork all flew out of here so fast. We started with two in April and
got two more about a month later. Dan is even thinking of two more for
the late season. This year’s piggies are super friendly, especially the
big pink one, Toot. He’ll come up to you and just lay down at your feet
like a dog wanting to be pet. You’re welcome to hop in the fence for an
up close visit. Please remember that the electric fence may be on.
These piggies are really gentle and love kids, too. Although they do
tend to nibble at your shoes.
We recently moved them closer in to the barns. They are now located
behind the big greenhouse in the tall grass, next to the strawberries.
We moved them in because our fence charger wasn’t working so well.
Somewhere along the fence line was hit by lightning during the last big
storm. Poor Aliyah & Alissa were huddling in the barn away from the
storm when our fence charger blew off the wall with puffs of smoke. We
had an old charger on hand, but it hasn’t been powerful enough. As a
consequence of not having a hot fence these little piggies have been
getting out and giving Aliyah, Alissa & Dan a bit of a run around.
They’re all starting to perfect their swineherding skills. I hear that
bribing with eggs has worked a little bit. Hopefully the pigs are nice
and secure now, as we got our new charger and it is ticking away.
But how about the veggies? They are growing! Dan has been going pretty
much nonstop since…, well especially since the beginning of the month.
June is the month where everything is happening – seeding,
transplanting, plowing, bed preparation & amending, cultivating, hoeing, hand weeding, irrigating and
harvesting. The work done now really sets up the rest of the season. As
they say, “a stitch in time saves nine.” More on the crops next week.
Here this week’s harvest:
Lettuce, chard, turnips, kohlrabi, Chinese greens, oregano, garlic scapes.
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