A little rambling from the weekend, preparing for pigs, date night, and hay talk.

When you own livestock, it's a good lesson to be prepared, be brave, and be responsible, but know that you can always ask for help!

With the return of pork from our homestead pigs, we were also given quite a few bags of pig fat. Now, what does one do with bag fulls of fat

We are down to one hog left on the homestead. This past Saturday, we rounded up the remaining females (with a BIG help from our local cowboy

The majority of practicing husbandry boils down to how good you can build a fence.

Our first pig was ready for butchering. We'd been working on the bacon project since August...

Why do we bother? All this extra work and time spent making, baking, prepping, tending, feeding and watering. It seems like a lot - and some

The hog saga continues..

American Guinea Hogs (AGH) make excellent homestead hogs, as the smaller size makes them easier to manage.  AGH's like to pasture and gr