B&Q really are branching out!

Jo, have you seen this? B&Q are planning to start stocking pigsties (it sounds more like they’ll be pig arks like Jo’s actually) because of the number of people expressing an interest in growing their own dinners now. Hmm, I wonder if they’ll be any good? Apparently they’ve been selling chicken coops for some time. [...]

Photo updates

To finish off my updates from the past few days, I have some photos to share. This is of Pinky and Curly, sulking because we had taken their ark away from them while we were in the process of moving them to fresh grazing. They decided to nap on the straw that we had left [...]

Quick question…

…do any of you think that I could be allergic to chickens or pigs? I’ve been having various blood tests recently, which show that I’m allergic to something, but the doctor can’t put her finger on what. Jo said that I should ask whether it could be pigs or chickens, given that I frequently cuddle members [...]

Gardening fun

So, I’ve been largely absent from cyberspace for the last couple of days, due to the demands of Jo and her budding vegetable garden! I’ve had a lovely couple of days, spent entirely outside in the health-giving fresh air and sunshine, picking at the ground with a fork when the mood took me, or otherwise [...]

Campaigning

I recently watched Jamie Oliver’s latest TV programme – “Jamie Saves Our Bacon”. I had heard before that about the British pork industry being in trouble due to foreign pork being imported in great qualtities, but I didn’t realise how hard it is for British farmers to compete with their European rivals. You see, in [...]

Reception committee

So, today GG and I went up to the farm to feed Jo‘s pigs. She had to be somewhere else and usually I don’t mind helping her out, so we made the trip after collecting the boys from school. That was where the problems started. Apparently, her pigs like to have their dinner at about [...]

Confused pigs!

So, to add to Jo’s account of her ambitious cockerel, Captain Flint, I offer this photo of her confused sows, Tia and Scrumpy! While we were moving Bailey and Brini’s pig ark this afternoon, we noticed Tia and Scrumpy getting a little ‘familiar’ with each other. Just to clarify, they are both girl pigs (for [...]

Boxing Day on the farm

On Boxing Day, in order to give Jo and B the chance to spend some time with their family, we agreed to do the afternoon pig and chicken feed. When we saw the weather we were glad that we were doing it. It was a glorious day, crisp if not deep and even! The sky [...]

A busy day

Yesterday was a busy day. Although I spent most of the morning in bed (thanks to my lovely husband, who let me sleep until I woke myself naturally, or alternatively until Cheeky crawled up my bed and pulled my eyelids apart!) I think I made up for it through the rest of the day. I [...]

Another cute house guest!

Look at this pathetic sight! This is Bubble, and she is the runt of Scrumpy’s litter. She is very feisty though, and makes sure that she gets her share of the food when it is put into the enclosure for them. She was really cold and wet yesterday though, and didn’t seem to be able [...]