Moving Day For Pigs

(Before It's News)

The completion of our hedgerow fencing project was timely because it was time to move the pigs. Their home of the past winter had been nicely pig plowed (or at least as much as the two of them were likely to do), so it was time to get it ready for planting. The first step was moving the pigs to the next paddock we want them to work on, on the other side of the property.

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But how? Pigs can't be led nor driven, but they'll follow food anywhere! We used the Hansel and Gretel method; I led the way with a trail of corn, while Dan opened and closed the gates.

Dinner awaited them when they arrived.

Waldo and Polly seem very happy in their new area. We left all the spilled hay and straw in the goat shelter for them. They love burrowing into it at night. During the day they've been busy rooting and eating.

Once the ground dries out a bit in the old pig pasture we can finish preparing the soil to plant. I'm looking forward to that.

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