Updates:
I'll try to keep this brief as I'm in need of some time to actually sit down and do my homework. I've either been in class or scything/arranging electric fences since 6:15 this morning.
1 of the 2 cheese places left on my list doesn't have whey. They too have pigs!!
I scythed all around the training fence for the pigs today. So much fun since I'm borrowing a really nice Swiss scythe which my fellow scythe nerd friend coined the use of as like having "scythe sex". It's true, it's that great of a tool.
Tomorrow: no class, lots more pig stuff.
- pig fence training! this is GREAT news. the pigs are finally going to get some fresh air and grass in their system. plus, it should be cloudy, so there's less chance of them getting burnt. (I'm still going to put up a tarp shade area for them however. Vermont weather changes unbelievably fast).
- need to figure out what to plant and when for pig forage (I'm thinking brassicas, turnips etc. We already have mangels planted)
- need to continue figuring out slaughter stuff. The question is weather to slaughter them in August or December...They'll be small in August, but that saves 3 months of labor in which I can work on other things.
- building a pig-tough trough in the afternoon
- plus other miscellaneous things like making phone calls to various other receivers of pork and providers of waste and picking up scraps.
Eliza
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