tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post2607198024047809651..comments2024-03-19T05:54:12.182+00:00Comments on Going Gently: PiglessJohn Going Gentlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-28901440794736712312012-02-02T12:41:00.507+00:002012-02-02T12:41:00.507+00:00well done and enjoy :-)well done and enjoy :-)janes pigshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10061155369879778341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-63659550437424488962012-02-02T06:42:53.428+00:002012-02-02T06:42:53.428+00:00I must welcome you to this special club of growing...I must welcome you to this special club of growing food with love. Lady Gaga is due to be picked up on Saturday, dressed in white butcher paper. Alejandro i going to a local family. I can't promise you it gets easier. I can only promise that you are part of the solution to moving away from industrial farming, therefor helping our earth. Good on you. I wish you plenty of healthy feasts to be enjoyed and recognized as sacred food.Crowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13450175157643194938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-44290670194993631022012-02-02T05:53:00.116+00:002012-02-02T05:53:00.116+00:00The 4-H kids do this every year. Well tended to li...The 4-H kids do this every year. Well tended to livestock from infant to the slaughter. Lovingly cared for, then to auction at the fairs across the USA. I've been told that the meat is the best due to the tender care the animals got. You know I was a vegetarian for over 30 years & I don't think I could do it. I do know it is a natural circle of life. xxBaby Rocket Dog and Hootiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03762856525592498406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-91601347608114607382012-02-01T18:34:21.060+00:002012-02-01T18:34:21.060+00:00Good job, those little porkers look nice and healt...Good job, those little porkers look nice and healthy. I always feel the same way, and I've done it a time or two. Hardest part, but the practical part comes later when you pick up your packages and then something switches. Weird but, I say Thank YOU to every package I take from the freezer and appreciate how well I did in providing.DebHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05062114482783994620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-88059227433008764272012-02-01T14:39:46.096+00:002012-02-01T14:39:46.096+00:00I know that was difficult and often wonder if it w...I know that was difficult and often wonder if it were me...could I make that decision. Glad all went well. You are a "real" farmer and the best kind, because you actually care for your animal's welfare. That is something to be very proud of. So many do not and that is shameful.Jillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13236098607363641770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-4959362373612383572012-02-01T10:10:42.704+00:002012-02-01T10:10:42.704+00:00Well done. The first ones to cull are always the w...Well done. The first ones to cull are always the worst. And well done you for having a go at taking control of what goes on your food table.Verahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13235143664894609891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-6521753288624755342012-02-01T00:05:52.259+00:002012-02-01T00:05:52.259+00:00Oh. Poor little piggies. I was hoping you reconsid...Oh. Poor little piggies. I was hoping you reconsidered at the very end and made big jolly pets out of them.<br /><br />I don't know if I mentioned it (I'm old and thus repeat my stories a lot), but I lived on a hobby farm once and we thought it would be a good idea to buy a cow to keep the grass down. Then, after a while, we'd butcher it and have hamburger in the freezer.<br /><br />When push came to shove, we couldn't kill Sweetie Pie (that was her name). We had her for YEARS. When we finally sold the farm, we had to sell the cow. We took her to the local auction and the folks there divided the cattle into two pens - the breedable ones and the ones headed for the stockyards.<br /><br />Sweetie Pie was put in the stockyards pen. I still feel guilty about that.<br /><br />Doesn't stop me from enjoying a good hamburger, though! Yes! I'll have extra bacon on mine!!!!Cathy Olliffe-Websterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12729578896443750402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-51950004052872268072012-01-31T23:53:16.807+00:002012-01-31T23:53:16.807+00:00It's never easy...but you will smile when you ...It's never easy...but you will smile when you eat the bacon!<br /><br />Thanks for stopping by to visit, I am a sucker for the eyes, too.Gailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04219479223227928561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-13074903473433587502012-01-31T23:45:00.285+00:002012-01-31T23:45:00.285+00:00HOA
well we will farm some meat out to family.... ...HOA<br />well we will farm some meat out to family.... and to the RFWF ETC<br />(I have promised Auntie glad a chop etc)<br />and yes <br />more piglets in the new yearJohn Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-55644323862178088652012-01-31T23:42:38.403+00:002012-01-31T23:42:38.403+00:00So will you be consuming both pigs or selling a pa...So will you be consuming both pigs or selling a part ... and will you start raising new pigs soon?HOA Mgr Ladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07949018880623140075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-29727398994108934222012-01-31T22:56:15.276+00:002012-01-31T22:56:15.276+00:00John, you are a better person than I! Yes, I eat m...John, you are a better person than I! Yes, I eat meat. I could not have done what you did today. I admire your courage and clarity to be able to do this.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11199777195853274898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-9533816440986362682012-01-31T22:31:06.971+00:002012-01-31T22:31:06.971+00:00sharon
I will let the pig enclosure recover and ye...sharon<br />I will let the pig enclosure recover and yes at some stage more piglets will come!!!John Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-40578390525605316462012-01-31T22:28:54.653+00:002012-01-31T22:28:54.653+00:00Well, now, John... will you be raising any more pi...Well, now, John... will you be raising any more piggies? You have the set up for it, right there.Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02743921972328074980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-38484458134472842142012-01-31T22:12:31.992+00:002012-01-31T22:12:31.992+00:00megan
he did preface his comment by adding that I ...megan<br />he did preface his comment by adding that I was a "hobby farmer" but he meant it kindlyJohn Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-82833051883437382342012-01-31T22:10:49.834+00:002012-01-31T22:10:49.834+00:00Thanks for the update, John.
I was hoping that al...Thanks for the update, John.<br /><br />I was hoping that all went well, and am so glad that 12 and 21 weren't stressed. <br /><br />Good on you for following through, and i'm glad the RFWF complimented you. Not everyone makes it into the real farmer's club.<br /><br />x<br />meganSisters of the Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14870466996161217926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-17620608012037808772012-01-31T21:22:04.774+00:002012-01-31T21:22:04.774+00:00:(:(Ina in Alaskahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07163454431322742148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-66028714817115812962012-01-31T21:13:27.510+00:002012-01-31T21:13:27.510+00:00thank you all...... I won't pretend it was not...thank you all...... I won't pretend it was not a little difficult ( especially when I think of no 12) but deep down I just know I would be a hypocrite if I didn't finally cull the pigs..... it's so easy to go to the supermarket and buy that piece of meat in the celophane and forget it was an animal that probably had a shit life..... my pigs , although only alive for a year, had quite a nice existance<br />( as well as several chicken dinners!!!!)<br />thank you all againJohn Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-22526042795705284532012-01-31T20:57:26.809+00:002012-01-31T20:57:26.809+00:00It's a good thing I'm not a farmer. I'...It's a good thing I'm not a farmer. I'd be a big sissy girl when it came time to visit the abattoir. (Oddly enough, when I worked in medical research, I made regular trips to the abattoir to pick up buckets of cow eyes on ice, and never gave what I was doing a second thought.)Susan Flett Swiderskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09425315552148200073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-26905384648071429962012-01-31T19:43:09.029+00:002012-01-31T19:43:09.029+00:00You and Crow have really given me 'food for th...You and Crow have really given me 'food for thought' when it comes to what enters my mouth in the form of nourishment.<br />You are not only a real farmer you are a good man and kind soul. We should all have to go to such lengths for the privledge of eating meat.<br />xo LindaLinRNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09088139659551029424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-43857169390779323922012-01-31T19:34:16.445+00:002012-01-31T19:34:16.445+00:00I am not as brave as you seem. I make my hubby dr...I am not as brave as you seem. I make my hubby drive the sheep to the processor, as I am crying when we load them and can't bear the thought of seeing them past our driveway. I had a couple wethers follow me on the trailer last year and it was almost my undoing.Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10966566655228721549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-18169922426920145292012-01-31T19:23:40.035+00:002012-01-31T19:23:40.035+00:00And I have been thinking about them all day John!And I have been thinking about them all day John!The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-10464454750207299552012-01-31T17:29:25.836+00:002012-01-31T17:29:25.836+00:00Still waiting for my genetically grown meat...Still waiting for my genetically grown meat...CarrieBoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05760105674950918729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-20519386464964240302012-01-31T17:07:18.192+00:002012-01-31T17:07:18.192+00:00More than a real farmer, you're a bacon farmer...More than a real farmer, you're a bacon farmer. Well done.Joanne Noragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09834682329952369721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-72121058886853258762012-01-31T16:26:59.364+00:002012-01-31T16:26:59.364+00:00Well done with the Boys.Well done with the Boys.Witch Hazelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06606199417540707334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-31101649397398283002012-01-31T16:26:49.543+00:002012-01-31T16:26:49.543+00:00I'm sort of curious to know how they actually ...I'm sort of curious to know how they actually "did it" - on the other hand I'd rather not know.<br /><br />I'm sure you feel comforted by their stress-free end and it will be easier the next time.Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726164724131916224noreply@blogger.com