tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4212817062207309616.post8016416677617190890..comments2023-12-29T05:25:24.503-06:00Comments on The Midlife Farmwife: Waitin' for the Gub'nor to callDonna OShaughnessyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08266654110280149719noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4212817062207309616.post-56911228712116587372011-12-18T09:15:33.571-06:002011-12-18T09:15:33.571-06:00Nessa, we do get attached sometimes to the pigs wh...Nessa, we do get attached sometimes to the pigs who have special personalities but we only name the ones we plan to keep such as our breeding stock. It helps our grandkids separate the two. We once had a sow who buried an entire litter ALIVE so she went to the locker. Explaining to the GK's why poor mommies cannot stay on the farm went very well. They ate that sausage with no problem!!<br /><br />Wish you lived closer, would love to give you some meat to try in your recipes.Donna OShaughnessyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266654110280149719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4212817062207309616.post-37510751748048893472011-12-17T17:59:00.947-06:002011-12-17T17:59:00.947-06:00Those pigs look so lovely. Someday I would like to...Those pigs look so lovely. Someday I would like to have a few, but I fear that the kids (and I) will get too attached to them. Thanks for sharing what happens, I always find it interesting!Nessa Robinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13103337254538129234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4212817062207309616.post-28552685920004099472011-12-17T16:38:40.562-06:002011-12-17T16:38:40.562-06:00Nice looking porkers. I take it they all come bac...Nice looking porkers. I take it they all come back in packages?Art Blomquisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09459183702519561248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4212817062207309616.post-10184230331727980072011-12-14T23:30:40.098-06:002011-12-14T23:30:40.098-06:00I'm at my keyboard at 5.30 am each morning. To...I'm at my keyboard at 5.30 am each morning. Too much to do; so little time.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4212817062207309616.post-32470398509242180632011-12-14T21:26:35.235-06:002011-12-14T21:26:35.235-06:00If only they knew from what their lighter weight h...If only they knew from what their lighter weight had spared them!Susan Kanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09834094675218254410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4212817062207309616.post-69032533173846958852011-12-14T18:30:02.271-06:002011-12-14T18:30:02.271-06:00Bedroom / smoker / root cellar / library?!
That. ...Bedroom / smoker / root cellar / library?!<br /><br />That. would. be. AWESOME!!!Carolynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14436557172029575513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4212817062207309616.post-29978387996998687392011-12-14T12:04:17.249-06:002011-12-14T12:04:17.249-06:00Look at those happy parolees.Look at those happy parolees.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4212817062207309616.post-67444130906779944822011-12-14T09:51:00.674-06:002011-12-14T09:51:00.674-06:00Hey Cro, you are fast and on the draw this am. Or ...Hey Cro, you are fast and on the draw this am. Or is it midnight where you live? <br /><br />No we don't have a smoker but looking into one. ONE DAY when we have our totally self sufficient farm and only producing for us I can see a combo bedroom/ root celler/smoker/library.Donna OShaughnessyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266654110280149719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4212817062207309616.post-90314211572006810892011-12-14T09:41:26.696-06:002011-12-14T09:41:26.696-06:00Do you have a smoker (smoke room)? Smoked bacon is...Do you have a smoker (smoke room)? Smoked bacon is so good. Enough to turn a Rabbi to sin.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.com