Comments for News From the Trough http://swallowacresfarm.com/blog2 Life on a small farm in Sussex County Wed, 21 Apr 2010 14:06:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 Comment on Denial by Administrator http://swallowacresfarm.com/blog2/2010/02/24/denial/comment-page-1/#comment-14 Administrator Wed, 21 Apr 2010 14:06:58 +0000 http://swallowacresfarm.com/blog2/?p=53#comment-14 No, haven't given it up, just super busy with planting/mowing/Cub Scouts/Little League/Son/Daughter/Wife/etc. I'll have some things to write once I have finished transplanting the first round of tomato, pepper and lettuce seedlings. No, haven’t given it up, just super busy with planting/mowing/Cub Scouts/Little League/Son/Daughter/Wife/etc. I’ll have some things to write once I have finished transplanting the first round of tomato, pepper and lettuce seedlings.

]]> Comment on Denial by quainthomesteader http://swallowacresfarm.com/blog2/2010/02/24/denial/comment-page-1/#comment-7 quainthomesteader Tue, 06 Apr 2010 01:07:50 +0000 http://swallowacresfarm.com/blog2/?p=53#comment-7 Hey, did you give up on your blog? I'll read yours, if you read mine! LOL Liz Hey, did you give up on your blog? I’ll read yours, if you read mine! LOL

Liz

]]> Comment on Welcome to our Homestead and Farm by Administrator http://swallowacresfarm.com/blog2/2010/01/14/welcome-to-our-homestead-and-farm/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Administrator Tue, 26 Jan 2010 14:25:46 +0000 http://swallowacresfarm.com/blog2/?p=4#comment-3 Yep, they gather up the straw/hay/leaves/etc and make a huge nest. The sows and gilts do this just prior to farrowing, but it's also a common behavior for the boars and barrows in the leanto in the cold months. The pile it up to hold in warmth. I wish I had a picture of one of Rose's nests. We would spread the straw out on her deck and when we'd come back, it would be piled up in a corner, like one of the eagle's aeries you see on Nature or in National Geographic. One big eagle. :-) Yep, they gather up the straw/hay/leaves/etc and make a huge nest. The sows and gilts do this just prior to farrowing, but it’s also a common behavior for the boars and barrows in the leanto in the cold months. The pile it up to hold in warmth. I wish I had a picture of one of Rose’s nests. We would spread the straw out on her deck and when we’d come back, it would be piled up in a corner, like one of the eagle’s aeries you see on Nature or in National Geographic. One big eagle. :-)

]]> Comment on Welcome to our Homestead and Farm by Susan Mitchell http://swallowacresfarm.com/blog2/2010/01/14/welcome-to-our-homestead-and-farm/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Susan Mitchell Thu, 14 Jan 2010 19:25:03 +0000 http://swallowacresfarm.com/blog2/?p=4#comment-2 PIGS build NESTS? How do they get up into the trees? :P Seriously though, I had no idea they did that. PIGS build NESTS? How do they get up into the trees? :P
Seriously though, I had no idea they did that.

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