Making Pancetta

Since the bacons on our just butchered pig were not very big (as expected), I'm making pancetta from some of the better belly pieces. A...

Meat Day Results

Sometimes folks ask me "How much meat do you get from a home grown hog?"  The answer is... a lot. Pork chops... lots and lots of p...

Pigz Eat Farmer! (not me)

I couldn't pass up this headline - especially since a bunch of my pals sent it to me last nite. Consider yourselves warned! "70-yea...

The Real Battle... I mean.. Butcher Day

We had such a great weekend! Finally we found time to butcher the first of our four hogs. It was a great day and we learned alot about the g...

World Wide Bacon Shortage? A Porkocalypse?!?

Oh friends I knew it was coming..... Have you seen the shocking headlines? Porkocalypse: Next Year May Bring a Worldwide Bacon Shortage Baco...

Taking Down the Big Sunflowers

I couldn't wait any longer and spent yesterday taking down the big sunflower garden. I hated doing it because it was my favorite garden....

What the Pigz Are Up To

About 180lbs I think..... Pigz helping me with the pepper processing yesterday - they loved the trimmings. Actually they are doing great. Th...

What I'm Feeding the Pigz today

Technically this is what I fed the pigz the other day...but this is pretty typical. And t his is what I risk life and limb for out there pas...