Thanksgiving Eve

Thanksgiving Eve...it has been snowing all day.

 

The outside world looks more akin to Christmas than Turkey Day.

 

The snow is wet and heavy; so many plants that are normally upright are now close to lying flat on the ground. My grasses and bamboo fall over quickly.  Many evergreen tree limbs, typically feet off the ground, have bowed under the weight of the snow.  Their tips are touching the snow-covered lawn.  Some limbs, extremely-laden, have sloughed off their loads and are now more dusted than dough-like.

 

Becky called to inform me that her last sow is farrowing.  Piglet count is at 12 which is huge.  And, Becky is not sure if the last baby pig has arrived.  (Just got an update text…number 14 just arrived - yikes!) So far, mama and little oinkers are doing well. It is fortunate that Becky did not have a repeat of the farrowing of sow #3 who was not a good mother, would not let her babies feed, and the entire litter succumbed including the little tike that I held for hours inside my jacket to keep him warm.  This mama is calm, laying down and letting her little ones rummage all over her as they search out the nipples. Now, this mama sow is a keeper.

 


now, that is one full mama - 15 piglets is the final count
(photo courtesy of Becky - I have not been out to see these newest babies yet)

Sow#3…she is already scheduled for a date with the butcher.  No second chances at Becky’s Barnyard. 

 

Either her livestock performs well or they become dinner. 

 

All  I can say is…yummy!


HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL!