I've been away for a while on my annual sojourn to Shetland to hunt rare birds.  It's a bit different to The Fens up there, though t...

It's a bit of a cliché, but they do say that the only part of a pig you can't eat is the oink. Working with the butcher when Daisy...

Daisy was a good pig. She came with the farm when we bought it and it wasn't long before she had her first litter. She was always a b...

Gratuitous use of the oil painting setting on my photo software. If you don't want to see graphic images of a butchery nature, plea...

There have been comings and goings at the farm in recent days. Most obvious goings were the two piglets at the weekend. It still seems stran...

Bacon! When I first thought about keeping pigs, I dreamt of bacon, sausages, gammon and ham on tap. For these were the products which l...

Friday 30th November 2012 Woodpigeons flight at dawn When it's cold, snuggle in close. Daisy and the piglets are doing very we...

Hiding in the straw. How many can you see in this picture? Wednesday 28th November 2012    It's amazing how quickly piglets g...