making life easier

Every day we feed our poultry a little grain. Not a lot, because at the same time we move the pens onto new patches of grass, and they eat away at that. 

The grain bin has made a huge difference in the day. The grain goes into buckets and then into the pens by the scoopful. Done and done. 

So much simpler. And our backs are happier too!

keeping it clean

We have added 2 more work spots on the farm, and what a difference!

For cleaning vegetables, it is best to use as little water as possible while removing as much soil as possible. 

At the same time, we want to avoid creating mud. While the pigs love a good belly flop in the mud farmers prefer to have as little caked on footwear as possible. Mud is heavy!

A bit of wire mesh over a grassy spot and there it is. Spread out vegetables, a quick hit of the hose and into the crates. Little things make a big difference!

bacon, sausage and such

July 23, these 2 massive pigs will head to the butcher. They are large enough that we are not going to do what we usually do, we are doing something different. 

We will have 3 things made from these pigs, bacon, Canadian bacon and sausage. Nitrate free and smoked over real smoke. In one pound packages that are likely, from our eyes, to fill 3 of our largest coolers and much of our 2 freezers in the commercial kitchen. We are planning on keeping a bit for ourselves, as we have missed all 3 of that  pork goodness, and will sell the rest. 

We expect that it will be perfect timing for  BLT's with tomato and lettuce right from the garden. 

I love to eat. The pork we grow is delicious, and these two are working their way through high grass, eating every bit of it before making mud they wallow in. Then it is on to the next patch. A pigs life. And one that brings tasty meals.