tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789865586418282697.post816955110301851637..comments2024-02-29T10:26:56.584-05:00Comments on Ohiofarmgirl's Adventures In The Good Land: Hog Harvest 2011 - What Really HappenedOhiofarmgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02606563929369721111noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789865586418282697.post-63389962326438704032013-11-03T09:11:23.768-05:002013-11-03T09:11:23.768-05:00You are going to do great, Cynthia! It's wonde...You are going to do great, Cynthia! It's wonderful to have someone mentor you. Just wait until you seehow "do-able" this is. Let me know how it goes? :-)Ohiofarmgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02606563929369721111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789865586418282697.post-62761475792953516422013-11-02T19:38:56.783-04:002013-11-02T19:38:56.783-04:00Thank you for your info. We are a one sow farm wit...Thank you for your info. We are a one sow farm with a rented boar. I have raised a litter a year for 3 yrs now. This year doing the "deed" ourselves. We are blessed with friends that know the ins and outs. I'm in south central TN and there are few home growers.<br /><br />God Bless You<br /><br />CynthiaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789865586418282697.post-75103601110319855202012-02-22T09:05:17.134-05:002012-02-22T09:05:17.134-05:00AZ - thanks for the info! We've never done the...AZ - thanks for the info! We've never done the whole hog roast - I think they are a little smaller than our end of season pigs? One day we'll do this. <br /><br />Buddes - I kinda laughed about your tractor comment - after reading thru your blog, I'm guessing that you've seen just about all kinds. The thing is.. that little tractor works! :-)Ohiofarmgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02606563929369721111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789865586418282697.post-37946997278086393032012-02-21T02:23:50.700-05:002012-02-21T02:23:50.700-05:00If we are roasting the pig whole, we scald and scr...If we are roasting the pig whole, we scald and scrape. If we are cutting it up for the freezer we skin. A small block and tackle and a 55 gallon drum for the hot water works great. The hair just slides right off. If you hang them up before you start skinning and work from the back forward (the top down)the weight of the skin will do the pulling for you and all you need to do is glide a good sharp knife along the inside of the hide.<br /> -LarryAZdesertFarmernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789865586418282697.post-53590491928225030102012-02-16T00:32:05.211-05:002012-02-16T00:32:05.211-05:00I have been trying to talk one of my feed customer...I have been trying to talk one of my feed customers into buying Tamworths. They are a little hard to find in Oregon. They seem like a good breed to keep going on one's farm.<br />Also, I don't think your garden tractor qualifies as ancient. Anything post 1960 is modern. Anything after 2000 is post-modern. <br />In my book...buddeshepherdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10747323705664619491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789865586418282697.post-7068538980863082062012-02-15T20:34:36.697-05:002012-02-15T20:34:36.697-05:00I love your post. It made me laugh. We couldn'...I love your post. It made me laugh. We couldn't ever have pigs on this small urban acre, but we're getting rabbits and they will be DIY slaughtered, along with the deer we hunt and the chicken pieces we process in the driveway after the butcher. Thanks for knowing where your food comes from!Jodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05442310215979259623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789865586418282697.post-25753976311292198792012-02-15T20:28:15.227-05:002012-02-15T20:28:15.227-05:00Pigz provide harvest
Bacon calls and mouths water
...Pigz provide harvest<br />Bacon calls and mouths water<br />OFG NibblesChai Chaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05845100961653150736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789865586418282697.post-17121753188937275502012-02-15T10:53:28.322-05:002012-02-15T10:53:28.322-05:00My husband is afraid they will eat the children......My husband is afraid they will eat the children...so for now, no pigs for us but I will, as always, live vicariously through you OFG!!! <br /><br />As always, your blog is my favorite! Hug those big ol dogs for me and don't forget to smack Nicholas around too!<br /><br />*hugs*lorihadamsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789865586418282697.post-82543764779187920642012-02-15T10:53:10.945-05:002012-02-15T10:53:10.945-05:00Thanks for posting this! Very interesting...I am g...Thanks for posting this! Very interesting...I am going to bookmark this post for the day when I am guttin' my own pigs. :)Tiffanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11864909841228115561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789865586418282697.post-83236701894461257432012-02-15T09:59:57.311-05:002012-02-15T09:59:57.311-05:00I love these posts! Okay, that sounded weird... b...I love these posts! Okay, that sounded weird... being that this post is all graphic and all... that being said - I love these posts! It's so nice to see the reality of the situation, and I really appreciate the break down of feed, etc... for the pigz as we've been discussing picking up some Tamworth weaners for this year and I knew the usual feed from a feed bag routine was fairly spendy and not really he way we were wanting to go with them. Now I just have to figure if we have enough pasture and what we could put in once the pigz have sabotaged (I mean tilled. Totally meant tilled) the pasture up. We DO have a lot of overgrowth that needs to be cleared in one area, but it's not 200 yards from out house :( <br /><br />Thanks for the great posts about this!!Jennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10633343755836405966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789865586418282697.post-56343167259177331822012-02-14T16:15:35.087-05:002012-02-14T16:15:35.087-05:00You are my hero(ine)You are my hero(ine)Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14490964982321159910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789865586418282697.post-39874561574827963292012-02-14T12:26:12.793-05:002012-02-14T12:26:12.793-05:00Well we have our two pigs, I enjoy watching them a...Well we have our two pigs, I enjoy watching them and showing them to anyone who comes over but I am so very ready for BEACON and Ham and so many other things. But not only were we way to excited about getting pigs but I did not, at that time, read anything about what time of year would be best to start them. So we ran right out and got our pigs in September! Needless to say they are not ready yet and it is not nearly cold enough to just hang them in the shop. But it turns out that we have a friend with a freezer unit just big enough.<br />What month do you recomend buying the pigs or when do you guys buy yours?Happy Farming Mommahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12862025738066254922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789865586418282697.post-67423902465744084232012-02-14T11:55:44.479-05:002012-02-14T11:55:44.479-05:00Amen! We've always butchered our own hogs, de...Amen! We've always butchered our own hogs, deer, sheep, goats, chickens, etc, too. Who wants to pay someone else to do that?<br /><br />We skin, too, rather than scalding, even for the chickens. Chicken skin might be good but plucking 100 birds is anti-good.Dianehttp://speedkin.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789865586418282697.post-76473494354917792372012-02-14T11:19:10.436-05:002012-02-14T11:19:10.436-05:00We should be getting our weaners here in a couple ...We should be getting our weaners here in a couple weeks, and I'm stoked. They are one of my favorite critters on the farm, as they are less time consuming to take care of than the chickens, geese, and especially the dogs. :) We raised 4 last year in an approx 1/3 acre wooded pen, and are thinking of doing 6 this year and expanding the pen to a little over 1/2 acre. We had a mobile slaughter guy come out, and he took them to the butcher for us. We'll probably do the same this year. Not squeamish about the slaughter, just that it's easier for us to pay someone to do it. Only change this year is that my guy now KNOWS that the liver is not part of the guts that get thrown away... :( Last year, he didn't have the slaughter guy save the livers. I wasn't a happy gal... :)Raehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02769150016495656772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789865586418282697.post-88354541227425068132012-02-14T09:57:05.187-05:002012-02-14T09:57:05.187-05:00I am still trying to find some pigs nearby to rais...I am still trying to find some pigs nearby to raise. So far..nothing but I keep looking.becky3086https://www.blogger.com/profile/01026872543168452124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789865586418282697.post-90687212403967927522012-02-14T09:26:20.204-05:002012-02-14T09:26:20.204-05:00What do you use the lard for?What do you use the lard for?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789865586418282697.post-41997722435414430702012-02-14T09:09:12.198-05:002012-02-14T09:09:12.198-05:00Fantastic. We will be getting a pair to breed this...Fantastic. We will be getting a pair to breed this spring...now to find someone to help us butcher, and we will be good! LOLDebbienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789865586418282697.post-70308759634454049842012-02-14T07:42:36.040-05:002012-02-14T07:42:36.040-05:00I'm on the list for some Tamworth's at Dav...I'm on the list for some Tamworth's at David's. He's also calling me when he gets some lard :-) We're going to go with a butcher for this go-round because we want to sell some at the farmers market, and you know, meat from a farm isn't safe just like eggs if you take them off the farm... Ok, rant over ;-) Our neighbors down the road came down to check out our goats and pigs. They have dairy cows but want to get into dairy goats and heritage hogs. It's amazing how quickly farm community can develop.JeffJustJeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04574511510296447394noreply@blogger.com