Wednesday, January 21, 2026

Root coming due: UPDATE


Last night Root gave birth to 11 live pigs. All doing well this morning.




I don't think she is due until the 26th (just after we are due to have a catastrophic ice storm), but she is definitely coming along. We finished refurbishing (and strengthening - as she is an escape artist) her new farrowing pen and moved her into it on Saturday.



Oremus pro invicem!

Sunday, January 04, 2026

of cows

My son gave me a new Buck knife for Christmas - I broke the tip off my last one doing some plumbing. But this just isn't any knife. It has a quote of sorts, referencing a comment I made during an interview which aired last year on an EWTN series on homesteading; I mentioned in this post. My part was very quick and very minor, but my memorable comment lives on at least for some .....




Oremus pro invicem!