We are currently without pigs on the farm. Well, that’s not quite true as we have six parma hams currently maturing, a plethora of salami hanging in the drafty rafters from a barn and a large (very large) deep freeze packed to the brim with pork chops, joints and the last of the sausages and meatballs.
But, spring is here, almost, and the time has come to get some pigs back on the farm. It takes a few months for the ground to recover from the daily puddling and rooting of pigs but now the grass is back and lush, just ready for a complete trashing at the trotters of a couple of rare breed piglets.
Still searching for the perfect pigs, but the image above shows a beautiful sow and her litter at the market last week. Dave was off at the machinery auction and if I wasn’t holding a child and a large bag of cake my hand would have been shooting up to by this lady. Not sure what him indoors would have said, there’s a world of difference between two pigs and 14!
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