Piggies

Yup, on top of all the rest of the craziness in our lives, we decided to get piggies (what we call them to DLO).  We actually got some really nice Large Black pigs and are in the process of acquiring some Tamworths and actually breeding a few of them next winter.  We've done crazy things like build a "piggy house," made wallows, hauled loads of food (whoever said they eat 3-5% of their body weight is a liar...they eat more like 30-50% of their bw!) and water and generally just carry on as pig farmers.  That's on top of the big garden, 17 laying chickens, and our aspirations of a few dairy and beef cows.  I'm trying to remind myself, I will be a full-time, commuting medical student mommy in a few months but part of living way "up north" is enjoying getting to do things like be piggy farmers.  Pictures to follow....