The Charlottes are getting through the Mad King’s Garden fast. Cleaning up and clearing out.
Here they are fast asleep in the afternoon sun. It was very mild yesterday. And they have turned the soil in these raised beds into soft beds.
When R comes again tomorrow I will get her to distract the Charlottes and keep them busy on the other side then I will go over the fence on this side for another tidy up. The hogs have revealed a good number of tomato cages that can come out. And I need to cut down some of these self sown mulberries so the pigs can eat those too. I can’t go in when they are about. That would be dangerous.
Sometimes I say life is like a game of chess – trying to think a step ahead then I think it is like a jigsaw puzzle fitting pieces together that never quite line up. For sure it seldom feels like a box of chocolates. But it is endlessly changing.
The favorite visitor activity yesterday seemed to be feeding bread to the cows.
Though one of the party asked if she could go back to the PopPops. She loved the wee piglets.
One of the Guinea Hogs throws himself across my boots so I will scratch his tummy.
The meat chickens love grated zuchinni. Did I tell you that? They go quite nuts when I bring them a big serving – which is fine – between us R and I have lots of overgrown zucchini.
We are approaching the ugly chick stage. When their bodies grow faster than their feathers.
I have turned the heat lamps back on at night – it went down to 48F (8C) last night. These 40 and 50 degree temperature swings are hard to adjust to for tiny bodies. And now they are out of the brooder there is plenty of room for them to self regulate.
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Good morning. Have a great day!
Celi
The Kitchen's Garden 
25 responses to “Sleeping on the Job”
check and checkmate! a moving target )
So do you know the pig psychology behind why the Charlotte’s are biting? Is it food driven, territorial? They didn’t start out that nasty did they? At least the PopPops are sweet and friendly and know how to get what they want by being adorable 🙂
This was my first thought as well, but then I wondered if it would be the actual sawing that would ‘be too dangerous’ for the pigs themselves?
Good point! I suppose it could even be a combination of both factors 🙂
They gnaw at anything that comes over the fence – tasting to see if it is food.
Oh boy, ‘food that bites back’! Yes, that would definitely be a problem, hey? Only partly laughing – while recalling Aunt Tressa’s advise (many!) decades ago that this does include fingers!
I want some Pop Pops – they are like mini Iberian pigs. I have a nice piece of overgrown land that needs clearing for potatoes.
EXACTLY what I was thinking!!
‘WAY better than a rototiller, hey?
Definitely!
They would do an excellent job- they are like mini pneumatic drills!
Ha ha – bless them!
Thanks so much for this!
You are very welcome!
Those little pigs are ever so cute!!!
They really are!
So precious! 🤗
Beautiful 🙂
Why can’t you climb in with the pigs?
They think I am a toy! To roughhouse with!
Yup nope too old for those games!
And too wise.
Good on that wee pig! Training you so well! 😄
Indeed he is!
I offer you my post from several years ago about little and big birds. https://jarphys.wordpress.com/2013/09/07/bird-surface-to-volume-ratios/
thank you so much! I will cruise over for a look after chores. Much appreciated!