Pigs # 17 - New Weaners Coming Tomorrow!

Organised with James from Morris Free Range Meats & Horticulture (https://www.facebook.com/#!/morrismeats) to get 2 new Welsh-Pietrain cross weaners tomorrow!  I've got a few bits and pieces to organise (fix a leak in the water trough, improvise a feeding trough) early in in the morning.  The pigs are TINY (in comparison to the last 2 pigs we bought) but they are around 10 weeks old instead of the roughly 18 weeks old that the last pigs we bought were.  Its made me think that perhaps the work I did last weekend on the boundary fence maybe needs to be improved!  I'll try to spend another hour on it tomorrow morning I think too.

After this batch of pigs, I think we will invest in a really good pedigree sow (most likely either a British Saddleback or British Lop), and some quality semen, almost certainly from a Duroc boar.  Putting the 2 together should give us a characterful, tasty, docile, friendly and efficient pig.  Combining that with an interesting woodland environment should give GREAT pork!

Cider # 5 - Disasterous Apple Season!

After a promising start, this apple season has been a bit of a dead-loss.  I would estimate that we have around 1/20th of last year's crop.



Bardsey Island Apple - One of Two!

The Bardsey Island Apple tree which did really well last year has only produced 2 (!) fruits this year after a pretty comprehensive 'June Drop'.  However, they do at least look delicious.  I'll have one in my packed lunch tomorrow and Jo will enjoy the other one!  No cider this year unfortunately!