Piglets

some top notch piglet footage up in here.  today we introduced our six new piglets to their remodeled sidecar paddock.  we built a small area for them to live, with trees for shade, while they transition into general population over the next few weeks.

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tommy want wingy

for those of you who are wondering, tommy has made a full recovery.  from lame gimpy boar on his death bed to fat cat mud chiller, living the good life once again.

tommy sleeps, eats, and fucks.  usually in reverse order.

you're a star

             

today the very talented, atlanta based photographer jake herrle joined us on pch and produced this awesome looking shot.  click the link to his website to marvel at the faces he’s captured in his portfolio (all human, and mostly famous, not counting this one).  it’s most definitely worth your time.

the pig photo shoot was hilarious, yet pretty difficult.  that’s me in the straw hat, the jackelope trying to convince a pig to strike a pose.

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r.i.p.

yesterday i walked out to pork chop hill and found oprah dead. lying in the shade, same place she’s been, with a bit of blood drying in the dirt by her nose. my heart sank.

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paddock 4

one of the most amazing things about my apprenticeship has been its serendipitous timing. my interest in moving to georgia and learning to farm occurred within days of full moon farms physically relocating, and as far as infrastructure is concerned, restarting from scratch. seeing a farm develop from the ground up will be an invaluable experience when i start my own farm down the road. 

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a brief history of synchronized swine swimming

after three months of intense and private rehearsals, pork chop hill’s elite synchronized swine quintet, the pot-bellied flops, held a dance recital on the main stage wallow.  communities of wild hogs choreographing elaborate dance routines for mating orgies have been recorded since early human cave drawings, straight through to journals on the american homesteading frontier. the existence of these communities of synchronized swine dramatically predates the origins of the now olympic level sport by over seven thousand years.  it is of no coincidence that the sport’s official selection as a summer olympic sport in the mid eighties came at the exact moment as the hog industry’s still famous pork:  the other white meat campaign. 

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