If you spend 8 hours in an SUV with a 10-week old pig in the back, you’ll get to know a few things about him very quickly. First, you will know that he doesn’t like to drink water, he likes to snorkel. We filled a waterer for him multiple times on the drive from the… Continue Reading
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Tiny Farmhouse Friday: Standing Your Ground Regarding Pig Mud Pits
A few weeks ago, my brother asked me if we’d be making mud pits for Prudence and Rebecca. My answer went something like this, “Hell no. If it rains, fine, they can make a mud pit. But I don’t think we’ll be making any mud pits for them.” What I should have said, had I… Continue Reading
Tiny Farmhouse Friday: Our First Litter of Gloucestershire Old Spots Pigs
Starting a pig farm is an awful lot like starting a family, only, you know, with less concern with affection between the partners. Though I do think that Zeke is rather smitten with Prudence and Rebecca, they’re a little less enthusiastic about him. He’s a pain in the arse at bedtime, he doesn’t know when… Continue Reading
Pumpkin Scones with Ginger-Honey Glaze
Scones are a tricky baked good. Some can be like biting into the ledge that New England sits upon; brittle bits of slate-like crumb, dry, yet dense – tempting us to dump their remains into bags labeled “Quickcrete” and then to plot how we can resell them as such at our local home improvement store.… Continue Reading
A Shoot in the Tiny Kitchen
A short while ago, there was a video shoot in my kitchen. You may have heard me mention (or heard my imagined voice as you read my mention of it) that it is a very tiny kitchen here at our house. Really, a very tiny house, overall, so the crew had to jam in, with… Continue Reading