we try and grow a good part of the pigs diet here on the farm…kale and turnips seems to be their preferred choice, and it gives them much enjoyed foraging fun
working their way down the field in blocks, they soon turn it up, clear the vegetation and the pounds pile on them
but it doesnt take much rain for it to become waterlogged, and up come the problems…its easy to exhaust the space and ruin just worked over land, turning it from veg beds to quagmire in a few rainy hours
paradoxically its organic status which is proving an additional obstacle…. feed is over twice the price, it is prohibited to bring them indoors in wet weather (unlike sheep and cattle), and finding an organic boar is impossible…timing is at the heart of everything on the farm, and getting the sows in pig in time to give birth in time for the young to grow in time to send them on before the wet months is a tight call
they are expensive, a money loser, a ground taker, an administrative headache, and my favourite of the animals on the farm…but the next fortnight will decide whether they may have to go
Hi Lillian! Sometimes Pinterest takes down the research function to install updates. You should not worry, I can access it from my end!