How to grow out feeder pigs - on the cheap. Part One

A couple of folks have wondered if growing out your own pigs is worth it - financially that is. So lets talk turkey.. er.. pigs and show ...

Winter Pigz. Sucks.

The winter pigz are just about done...... Would you just look at the bacon on these bad boys? TBM for scale. We were talking on 'the fac...

How to Brine and Smoke a Ham

I made a ham! And I mean... I made it from the beginning. I started out with bacon seeds , grew them i n the dirt, harvested them , then br...

Bacon Makin' and Butcher Day Tools and Book List

Thanks for everyone's support yesterday on my new Amazon store . I asked the folks over on " the facebook" if they'd lik...

How To Feed Out A Pig Cheaply

Over the last couple weeks there has been an explosion of folks searching for information on "How to feed a pig" and "How to ...

Meat Day Happy Snaps

Meat Day continues again today ... but first a few happy snaps of what happened yesterday. One of the belly, or middle sections of one of th...

What's in your fridge?

Guess what I'm working on today? Belly and ribs on the left, ham on the right. That's right, meat. Its meat day! We butchered the se...

That'll Do Pig

I'd say this pig is just about ready...... And if you want to get all arty you can interpret this picture as my shadow and the pig meldi...

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...