Weather: it has been hot, muggy and sunny, consistently.
Not much to report, aside from what happened on Friday.
Which was, I must admit, painful and a bit funny.
Stuart and I spent an intense hour separating the sows from the piglets in a trailer, and bringing them back near the barn. We returned after dinner to learn that the piglets had escaped and traveled the long trek from the pasture back to the barn, and to do so, had to bust through an electric fence and follow a narrow footpath through the woods. So, to resolve this we gathered the piglets in a outside paddock, and barred the sows in a barn stall. Quite the endeavor.
Then, Stuart and I and 11 others took off for the White Mountains where we spent a blissful 16 hours hiking and not worrying about pigs.
Tomorrow morning: give the sows shots and prepare an area back in the pasture for the piglets, one that is stronger and better than ever before. Will it keep them separate from their mamas. Will it stop them? Check back in soon for details.
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