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Week and Weeks
The last few weeks have been a whirlwind of busyness. In the words of Inigo Montoya, “There is too much. Let me sum up.” We got Saylor a horse. Well, actually my momma gave it to him. I, Nathan, am … Continue reading
Homegrown Pig Slaughter
After 9 months, a couple hundred pounds, corn, and electricity we have successfully seen our first pig fulfill its duty: death. With the help of a local butcher we learned the ins and outs (knives and guts) of sending a … Continue reading
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Tagged farming, food, heritage breeds, natural living, pigs, sustainability
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Snakes on a coop
Recently, we hadn’t been getting as many eggs as we thought we should be. Today, while checking up on the animals, I found something interesting in the chicken coop. It explained to me where our eggs had gone. View….
What We Do: a montage of our days these days
In one of my favorite movies – A Beautiful Mind – Alicia Nash is tending the kitchen while her medicated husband sits at a table staring blankly at nothing. “Whatcha thinkin’ about?” she asks. “What do people do?” he replies. … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, community, cooking, cows, farming, food, gardening, health, heritage breeds, natural living, organic, permaculture, pigs, sustainability
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Visitors and Pig Progress
Lots of visitors have graced the Ozark House over the last two weekends. Barry – my dad – stopped through for a few days the weekend of May 13-15, and then Dixie – my mom – along with her mother, … Continue reading
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Tagged farming, food, gardening, heritage breeds, natural living, organic, permaculture, pigs, sustainability
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Containing Pigs, or The Joys of Electric Fencing
It’s time. But I’m getting ahead of myself. Multiple farm-based desires have converged to bring about today’s electrifying events, and you, the reader, deserve to know them all. We have pigs. You probably know this. Three male American Mulefoot hogs … Continue reading
How To Keep Pigs From Escaping
It’s probably not possible. But here’s what we’ve learned so far. 1) Pigs’ noses are tools comparable to pry-bars connected to jackhammers. They dig with them, and destroy things with them, and rip things up with them, and pry things … Continue reading
Jailbreak, or The Effects of Spring, or “Why Can’t We Leave You Alone For One Minute?”
Thursday was a day of transit. Kate and Saylor and I made our way from Texas back to the Ozarks. Taylor and Adrienne journeyed the opposite direction. The plan was this: Taylor and Adrienne would feed the animals in the … Continue reading
The Three Little Pigs and the Big, Bad….Kitty?
Once upon a time, there lived three little pigs, of the American Mule Foot variety, named Mr. Lucky Heartnose, Tiny, and Thunder Bumper. … Continue reading
A Clean Incision
One hundred and twelve miles is good dreaming time for two aspiring men of dirt, Nathan and me in particular. And at the end of that distance waited for us three animals with a similar interest in dirt; oft times … Continue reading
