HappyDay: New Pigs and Rain Hitting the Roof
“We’re pretty sure that Ms. Piggie is pregnant again…”
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“We’re pretty sure that Ms. Piggie is pregnant again…”
Read more“I walk out the front door to the sounds of fall; the leaves rustling in the breeze, drifting to earth to form a blanket for the soil.”
Read more“I have long felt proficient at poultry slaughter, but mammals have still presented anxiety for me.”
Read more“I love the community of farmers, and I see the struggle that we’re all working our way through. Some farms have shut down, and in the current market everyone is fighting to stay afloat.”
Read more“Well, the score is pretty lopsided. We’ve gotten one pig, they’ve gotten the whole round of fall crops from Pops’ and my place.”
Read more“Though I wasn’t successful in shooting a pig, I feel good about establishing a new paradigm in which I am willing and able to create the conditions under which I might have success in further attempts.”
Read more“The wild pigs came back on Tuesday night, smashing through the electric and doing some further rototilling in the pepper and cucumber hoophouses…”
Read more“Pops has the coffee going and we set to work, while I feel Ma’s presence looking over our shoulders…”
Read more“As we move into fall I am grateful for the shift in the season. The recent rains have jump-started the pasture grasses and everything is beginning to green up.”
Read more“I crossed that milestone on Friday and I’m feeling pretty darn good about it.”
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