In April I wrote a bit called “The Last Three Years – A Recap”.  In that scribble I mentioned that we buy in a couple of pigs twice a year to raise to six months before dispatching for meat and that we do chickens and ducks for meat as well.  I thought over the next couple of blogs I would explain how this is done.  This one I will talk about processing our pigs.

As I said in the April scribble we get the pigs in a couple of times a year to raise to about six or so months.  This is about...

The Little Things

We had our granddaughter “Little EM” come for a sleepover last weekend and it got me to thinking about the little things in life (pun intended) that make us happy. 

Be it a babies’ smile or giggle, the way they look at you as if to say “you’re an idiot” when you pull a face or do silly talk.  Be it the crisp chill that comes with the start of winter, be it the clear sky where you can see every star twinkle back at you because there is no “man made light” to...