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Miss Piggy returns


This afternoon we went to pick up our young black sow from her week of romance with Champion the boar. If all has gone to plan 3 months, 3 weeks and 3 days from now (or there abouts) we should hear the tiny patter of trotters.


She was eager to get home after spending her time next to four other sows with their 26 piglets, very different from the calm and tranquillity of your own patch and house.


Work has started on her new enclosure next to the other sows. Farmer J put in posts for her cabin we then collected hard core from our hard core pile (which at one time was huge after all the building work but is now starting to diminish in size). Next step is to lay concrete for the base a little job for the weekend .....



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  1. anita30 September 2013 at 00:56

    Ah now I know why you were mixing concrete! That Champion is a busy boar!!

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