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In 2006 I quit my city job of 20+ years to remarry, move and become a "farm wife". For the most part, I am a stay at home mom.

As of the 2007 school year, we are a homeschooling family.

We also farm. Our farms include a large garden, haying, horses, cows, geese, chickens, ducks, pigs, rabbits, 2 stocked ponds, small vineyard and an orchard.

We live at the main farm (the one with the animals) and our other farm is currently growing hay, nuts and firewood to harvest this fall.
In the spring we will be adding sheep, and turkeys.

We have 5 daughters, (including 2 sets of twins) 3 who are still at home.

I love to camp, travel, garden, fish, bake, do needlework, sew, genealogy and ride horses. One of my favorite places to travel to is Northern Indiana (LaGrange county), where I have Amish cousins and to learn about my ancestors.

My goal is to help this family stay on track financially and to stay out of debt, other than our mortgage.

Here piggy piggy

February 7th, 2009 at 01:52 am

Today the girls and I went and picked up a used hog hut. I paid $125. New ones are $800. This one is in very good condition.

DH uncle gave us some hog and combination panels as he is once again retiring from farming (he's 'retired' several times.) DH already had a feeder, so I am set to go. I only need warmer weather and pigs!

I had one farmer tell me it would take me $1000-$2000 to set for pigs. But, he didn't know me very well.

Bacon in the freezer!

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5 Responses to “Here piggy piggy”

swanson719 Says:
February 7th, 2009 at 02:51 am 1233975084
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Good job! When I was a kid, we raised pigs, but we didn't pasture them with hog huts like a lot of people do. We had a 12x12 pen with log skids on the bottom and a chain, so we just would hook the tow hitch from the tractor to the chain and pull it down another 15 feet every weekend so the pigs got fresh grass without ruining the whole hay field.
oceansluver78 Says:
February 7th, 2009 at 03:43 am 1233978207
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mmmm bacon nothing like having a freah natural slice of bacon!
LuxLiving Says:
February 7th, 2009 at 11:20 am 1234005638
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bacon! Bacon!!! BACON!!!!!!!

(couldn't resist mimicing the doggie treat commercial)

Raising pigs = easy food! Done it many times, we just had a barn w/a side entrance for them to get out of the weather, a young child (myself) to go out and run the water hose a bit each day for them to have a place to mud up, and a daily run out of the combo meal - slop & feed.

Viola - BACON!!!!!!!!!! Yummm!
Joan.of.the.Arch Says:
February 7th, 2009 at 01:58 pm 1234015135
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This city girl is impressed.
nance Says:
February 7th, 2009 at 10:19 pm 1234045156
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My oldest grandson, who is in 4-H, raises pigs and shows them at the fair. He has done it for two years, and each year (3rd and 4th grades) his pigs were sold, and he got an average of $3,500 for each. This money is going to be his college fund, and he has many years left in 4-H, so it is really a great way for kids to earn their own college tuition. Next year, his younger brother will be in 3rd grade, and will start showing pigs too. With six kids in the family, this has been a blessing!

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