Local farm friends: we have a brewery connection on Route 15 that needs a farmer to pickup its spent brewing grain. Must have a truck. This stuff is great livestock feed, and the brewer is easy to work with. If you’re interested, contact us.
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Brewing Grain Available!
Posted in Chickens, Hogs, tagged american guinea hog, chickens, hens, hogs, meat, pork on September 21, 2017 | Leave a Comment »
Friday on the Farm 6/09/17: Peaches and Pigs!
Posted in Garden, Hogs, tagged fruit, hogs, pork on June 9, 2017 | Leave a Comment »
As a lovely spring week comes to a close, we are thankful for all the good things that have happened. Ripening Peaches This week we harvested our first peaches of the season! Many more are ripening on the trees. It’s been years of watering, pruning, and otherwise taking care of these trees as they grew and […]
Pork For Sale Tomorrow!
Posted in Farm Store, Hogs, Meat, tagged farm store, food, hogs, meat, pork on May 5, 2017 | Leave a Comment »
We JUST received a call from the processor that our latest batch of pork is ready! We’ll pick it up from the processor tomorrow morning, and it’ll be for sale during our farm store hours 12-4pm tomorrow. We are so excited to be fully stocked on pork once more! Come get your favorite cuts before […]
Friday on the Farm 4/14/17: New Life!
Posted in Goats, Hogs, tagged american guinea hog, goat milk, goats, hogs, piglets on April 14, 2017 | Leave a Comment »
Oh my goodness the last few weeks have been BUSY! You may have been able to tell that based on the lack of blog posts. So much has happened: pigs taken to the processor, springtime work completed, but today I’m going to focus on the new life that’s joined the farm this week. Piglets Born […]
Last Week to Order Hog Share!
Posted in Hogs, Meat, tagged hogs, meat, pork on April 3, 2017 | Leave a Comment »
This is your last week to order a hog share as reservations must be in by this Friday, April 7th. Visit our hog share page now to place your reservation!
Friday on the Farm 3/24/17: Hen Roosts, Pig Troublemakers
Posted in Friday on the Farm, Hogs, Layers, Meat, tagged eggs, hens, hogs, meat, pork on March 24, 2017 | Leave a Comment »
It’s spring! In typical springtime fashion, temperatures are about freezing this morning, but we should have a high of 64 today. As the weather warms up, our outdoor chore list is exploding. We have so many exciting things to do, and finally the weather is nice enough to do them! Here are the adventures from […]
Order Your Hog Share Now!
Posted in Farm Store, Hogs, Meat, tagged food, hogs, meat, Rabbits on March 7, 2017 | Leave a Comment »
We are now accepting orders for half and whole hog shares for our next batch of pork. Hog shares are an amazing way to order the exact cuts you want, and get the pork at a discount! Fill your freezer with delicious farm-raised pork, and enjoy it all summer long. The pigs are going to […]
Friday on the Farm 2/24/17: The Great Pig Escape!
Posted in Friday on the Farm, Hogs, tagged american guinea hog, hogs, homestead, pork on February 24, 2017 | Leave a Comment »
The adventure of this week was when one of the American Guinea Hogs escaped from the pen! On Wednesday morning I looked out the window to find Hillary rooting around the front yard, right outside the house. Let’s take a quick look at how this happened and what I did to fix it. The Back Story […]
Pig Housing Part 3 of 3: The Hoop House
Posted in Hogs, Uncategorized, tagged american guinea hog, chickens, ducks, goats, hogs, hoophouse, winter on February 6, 2017 | 1 Comment »
In Part 1 of this series I posted the considerations we take into consideration in our pig housing. In Part 2 I detailed the first pig houses we made. Today in Part 3 I will detail our second pig house design, a hoophouse! Here are some prior posts about hoophouses for more tips and tricks: […]
Friday on the Farm 2/03/17: Farm Store Open Saturday, Piglet Update
Posted in Farm Store, Friday on the Farm, Hogs, tagged american guinea hog, ducks, eggs, hogs, homestead, piglets, pork on February 3, 2017 | Leave a Comment »
Farm Store Open This Saturday 12-4pm This Saturday is the first Saturday of the month, which means the farm store will be open! Come by to get some of our delicious pork! We also have duck eggs on sale, 10% off this Saturday only. Piglet Update: They’re Eating Solids The piglets are a month old […]
Friday on the Farm 1/27/2017: The Pigs & Rabbits Are Growing
Posted in Friday on the Farm, Hogs, Rabbits, Uncategorized, tagged american guinea hog, hogs, homestead, kits, meat, piglets, pork, rabbit meat, Rabbits on January 27, 2017 | Leave a Comment »
It’s been another wonderful week on the homestead! There’s been a good amount of mud and dirty clothes, yes, but also warm weather and sunshine. We are thankful for the rain we received as well as the sunshine. Some of us (pigs!) are more thankful for the rain than others. The Pigs Are Porking Up! […]
Pig Housing Part 1 of 3: Considerations
Posted in Hogs, tagged american guinea hog, hogs, meat, pork on January 23, 2017 | 1 Comment »
We’ve had pigs for a few years now, and we’ve learned a lot along the way. Today I’ll share some of the characteristics of pigs that we take into consideration when constructing housing for them. On the next two Mondays I’ll follow up with posts detailing the two types of pig houses we use! Come […]
Friday on the Farm 1/20/2017: Pork & Piglets
Posted in Friday on the Farm, Hogs, Meat, Uncategorized, tagged hogs, homestead, meat, piglets, pork on January 20, 2017 | Leave a Comment »
It’s been another week of enjoying our blessed life here on the homestead. The winter season is a time where the pace slows a bit, we can actually complete everything on the “to do” list, and have a few minutes to savor it all. Here are some things we enjoyed this week. Delicious Pork We […]
Pork Is Here!
Posted in Hogs, tagged bacon, chops, ham, hogs, pork, sausage on January 13, 2017 | Leave a Comment »
We just picked up our two hogs worth of pork from the processor this week! Many of you have told us how you have been waiting for us to have pork in stock again. So we are happy to make the announcement today that we will have all of our pork products for sale this […]
Friday on the Farm 1/06/17: Snow! Piglets!
Posted in Friday on the Farm, Hogs, tagged american guinea hog, hogs, homestead, meat, pork, winter on January 6, 2017 | Leave a Comment »
Snow! This morning we awoke to our first snow of the season. A pretty dusting of snow added some charm to the morning chores. We’re thankful for what has been a pretty mild winter so far! Our two types of pigs had very different views on this snow. Our American Guinea Hogs were out of […]
This Saturday: Feed Your Christmas Tree to the Goats & Greet the New Pigs
Posted in Goats, Hogs, Uncategorized, tagged goat milk, goats, hogs, homestead, pig, pork on January 4, 2017 | Leave a Comment »
New Pigs We recently welcomed seven new pigs to the homestead. We acquired these pigs to provide you with more delicious, farm-raised pork in 2017. We take pride in offering our customers an alternative to the factory farmed meat in grocery stores that perpetuates a system that isn’t healthy for the animals or the people […]
Ear Tagging Pigs
Posted in Hogs, tagged american guinea hog, hogs on November 9, 2016 | Leave a Comment »
I have a new method of ear tagging pigs that I can’t wait to share with you! This past spring I wrote about tagging pigs in our piglets series. Everything in that original post is still true, except now I have an update on how to tag older pigs! Let’s say for whatever reason you don’t […]
An Overview of American Guinea Hogs
Posted in Food & Beverage, Hogs, tagged american guinea hog, food, hogs, homestead, meat on July 28, 2016 | Leave a Comment »
Many people have come to the homestead to visit the American Guinea Hogs. Those with small acreages or new to homesteading tend to find the breed more approachable than conventional pigs. Recently I found this article by Mother Earth News that provides a lot of insight into American Guinea Hogs. For those considering the breed, […]
Piglets Part 3: Ear Tagging
Posted in Hogs, Uncategorized, tagged american guinea hog, food, hogs, homestead, meat on July 12, 2016 | 1 Comment »
We continue our piglet series where we highlight the care of piglets. Today we’re talking about ear tagging piglets. Why Why would you want to tag a piglet? Because you don’t want to tag a full-grown pig! If you think you may ever want a pig tagged, tag the pig as a piglet. Trying to hold and […]
Piglets Part 2: Castration
Posted in Hogs, Uncategorized, tagged american guinea hog, hogs, piglets, pigs on July 4, 2016 | 1 Comment »
This is the second post in our piglets series where we detail how to care for piglets. Today’s topic: castration! One tough thing about raising pigs is the meat from males may get boar taint if the male isn’t castrated. There’s mixed information as to whether or not American Guinea Hogs develop boar taint. Even if you […]
Moving Pigs
Posted in Food & Beverage, Hogs, tagged american guinea hog, hogs, meat, pork on June 2, 2016 | Leave a Comment »
The worst part of keeping pigs is moving them. It seems there’s no perfect strategy one can implement to have hassle-free pig moves. We have some strategies that help, and some that were recommended that were a waste of time. We’re sharing what we’ve learned so you avoid moments like this one, where Harley has a […]
Weathering the Winter: Pigs
Posted in Hogs, tagged hogs, winter on February 23, 2016 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s the latest in our Weathering the Winter series where we profile how we take care of our livestock in winter. Today we talk about our pigs! Our American Guinea Hogs are pretty hardy, and there isn’t too much special care they require for winter, but we do make a few management changes. In warmer weather […]
Piglets and Goat Kids
Posted in Goats, Hogs, tagged alpine, doeling, goats, hogs, piglets, video on July 31, 2015 | Leave a Comment »
We took a few videos of our new farm additions to share with you. The first is of our new AGH piglets… Here is a video of our new goat kid nursing as well as cameos from our other yearling does… This last video is kind of a blooper video showing how you can […]
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