By Labor Day Pigs Become Hogs

The decades old expression here is, “By Labor Day the pigs become hogs.”  We have raised feeder pigs for decades.  They are a great help on a small farm.  Each year Ken has a tilling project so he grazes them sequentially.  On any given year they might expand a garden space, dig out the quack grass outside the garden, or clear a fence line.     They eat garden culls and many things people won’t …

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Pigs get new space

We view animals as an integral part of the team – chickens scratch out bugs and weed seeds.  Pigs clear and till spaces.              Ken recently added the east side of the garden to the pig area.  They are digging and clearing for him         As I approached they came to check me out.  Even at this size they can run!

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