When we were at Noble Family Farm the other day, I asked the owner what she did with all of the leftover pumpkins once their season ended. She told me that they till them under back into the field. I asked her if I could have some of them once she was finished for the … Continue reading LOOK what we got for the asking!
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Cheap Treats!
I had to get Jake new shoes after school yesterday and saw a bread outlet so decided to stop and ask about their waste stream. She stopped me halfway through my spiel and told me I could have 200 loaves for eight cents each ($16/200 loaves!). I was FLOORED! It was only two minutes of … Continue reading Cheap Treats!
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Nobody can resist pigs!
When people hear we have pigs, we hear all kinds of things: stories of how they couldn't ever raise them and then eat them (more on that in another post), stories of how they're scared of them, stories of how they have a friend of a coworker's friend's relative about a farmer who fell in … Continue reading Nobody can resist pigs!
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It’s piggie time again!
We've expanded a little this year and picked up four 50% Kunekune x Red Wattle x 50% Berkshire piglets to raise. Two are for our family, and two are to raise and sell so we can offer high quality well raised pork to local consumers. These little ones are adorable, and at nine weeks old, … Continue reading It’s piggie time again!
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Freebies are always good!
Someone posted on a local Facebook group that she had two broken refrigerators and a washer for free - first come, first serve! We use broken refrigerators to store our pig feed and cattle feed, and I've been watching for another for a while to store the chicken feed. I immediately woke Ted up from … Continue reading Freebies are always good!
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Where have I been?
It's been twelve days since I've posted anything on the blog! So what in the world have I been up to??? I'm glad you've asked! I teach at an e-school (online/virtual school) in Ohio. Our summer break is not the entire summer like most school districts get; instead, I get from June 16th through July … Continue reading Where have I been?
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This little piggy went to market
Well, not to market - to be processed. A reality show crew should have taped us last night. Ratings would have been super high, and people would have laughed and laughed. Ted took scraps into the trailer, and Bitsy went right in there. Dixie took a few seconds of coaxing because she just didn't like … Continue reading This little piggy went to market
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Pigs are like big rocks…
...they don't move easily. Ted built that ramp, backed the tractor and trailer down to the chicken gate, and set up a corridor with electric wire to get the pigs to move to the trailer. I saved the scraps for two days in hopes that they'd follow that scrap bucket right to the trailer. My … Continue reading Pigs are like big rocks…
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Hard worker
This man works harder than anybody else I know. He works his job, and then he comes home and spends his free time doing all the things that need done on the farm. Over Memorial Day weekend, he finished a bunch of projects. He spent Saturday fixing the bush hog and then mowing up here, … Continue reading Hard worker
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Big pigs!!!
I took these photos to show the size of our pigs now. Remember, these two fit in a small dog cage when we brought them home in late October! They are standing in about six inches of mud here (Ted made them a big mud hole a couple of days ago because it was so … Continue reading Big pigs!!!
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