A very exciting action packed week at the farm. First, the boys (my brothers) trucked some 80 head of cattle up here and installed them in the back field where their task is to eat as much grass as possible and put on as much weight as possible. These fields are truly organic in that no fertilizer has touched them for years (if ever). So we will have access to lots of pasture raised beef this fall.
On Monday we picked up our six piglets from their very long Landrace mother. Landrace are a breed designed for long lean pigs, all the better for lots of pork chops. They originated in Denmark and thus the one male piggie in our litter has been christened Hamlet, Prince of Denmark. Haven't named the girls yet but they are all enjoying rooting about in the spanking new piggery designed and built by Henning.
