Conor’s last task as the resident guest worker was to help me put up an electric fence around the grapevines and the pine trees to create quite a big field for the kunekune. This is good for two reasons, Tima and Tane get a summer field with lots of trees and I don’t have to mow it any longer. Only half the fence is electric but I felt terrible about it anyway. I needn’t have worried. Both pigs touched it once each, yelped and then never went near it again. And now they have piles of grass to eat and are still close to the house for belly rubs.
They are happy to be back together again, now that Tima has the all clear to start breeding again. And I cannot keep them apart forever that would be cruel. So let’s hope they are successful this time.
Lady A is still hanging in there and seems very calm and content.
Her udder is hard now and those teats are stretched and shiny. I will go out on a limb and say we may see a calf within 48 hours. If all goes well.
For today there is lots of planting and mowing and digging and weeding to be done. But it is forecast to rain – all day. Again. So I am may only get some mowing done – but I had better get a wriggle on!
I hope you have a lovely day.
love celi
The Kitchen's Garden 
37 responses to “Kunekune Fields”
Pigs in the Pines!
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Pigs to mow the grass; they must be classified as woofers then!
Ah yes! They do it for the food! c
Very moved by the shot of Lady A and Ton. A study in black and white. Lots of love, Your Gayle
For me sunday morning in rain after far too little sleep definitely began with a smile looking at the double-eye-candy of the first photo!!