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Play house/garden shed.
Again it's not finished but the minors have been playing in it...
Minor 14 helped build it....its not perfect, the corner gaps will be covered outside...we plan in painting the osb I think...or not and just go with it...we aren't sure...I know painting will preserve it...and honestly minor 9 will likely wanna paint...(the other minor watching...as it's "her" playhouse lol

Also my compost bin, super simple..just never showed it...
 

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EVERYONE!!! expect a few pictures of our pig later!!!! I am totally excited!!!!

:yesss: :clap I am totally excited, too!!!! Be sure to tell me what breed the pig is. I know a few pig breeds, but not many. Also, is this going to be a pet pig or a food pig (makes a difference). Thanks.
 
:yesss: :clap I am totally excited, too!!!! Be sure to tell me what breed the pig is. I know a few pig breeds, but not many. Also, is this going to be a pet pig or a food pig (makes a difference). Thanks.
He is a pet for now, food for later...
He will be cared for and treated as a pet by me (minors may not wanna get attached) and he will then go to butcher in abt 7m or so...

Pics to come once we get home!!!
ETA he is a Berkshire
 
Play house/garden shed. ....its not perfect,

:clap:clap Looks perfect to me! Great that the minors are helping and making it their own.

Also my compost bin, super simple..just never showed it...

:lau My first pallet compost bin, maybe 30+ years ago, was just 4 pallets tied together with some rope! In comparison, your compost bin looks like it was built by a master craftsman! I love it.
 
He is a pet for now, food for later...
He will be cared for and treated as a pet by me (minors may not wanna get attached) and he will then go to butcher in abt 7m or so...

Yeah, best wishes on walking that line. It can be hard when a pet becomes supper. But I suppose if the minors know this up front, they will be able to handle it just like many of us did back in the day. Grandpa taught me to respect the life given for the food we ate. Knowing where the food comes from makes the sacrifice all the more real.

:caf How big will the pig be when it goes to butcher? I have been trying to convince Dear Wife that I should raise a pig in the spring/summer/fall and butcher it before winter. Not making any headway on that plea... :smack
 
Yeah, best wishes on walking that line. It can be hard when a pet becomes supper. But I suppose if the minors know this up front, they will be able to handle it just like many of us did back in the day. Grandpa taught me to respect the life given for the food we ate. Knowing where the food comes from makes the sacrifice all the more real.

:caf How big will the pig be when it goes to butcher? I have been trying to convince Dear Wife that I should raise a pig in the spring/summer/fall and butcher it before winter. Not making any headway on that plea... :smack
Its a fine line but I'd much rather raise as a pet (like we do the chickens) and harvest when time vs having them not treated well, squashed in minimum sqfootage etc...its a line I walk just fine lol...living creatures all deserve love and respect ...and then they become food...maybe I am not the norm...

He will be roughly 250-280lbs when we butcher
 
The first hr home he figured out how to escape, had us trudging through our woods...its nearly impossible finding something so small...thank goodness he grunts while he's rooting lol...we would stop and listen and procede...he eluded us abt 10x before he decided his new home was the goat garage and we locked him in till we can figure out the fencing on the pig palace side of things
 

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The first hr home he figured out how to escape, had us trudging through our woods...its nearly impossible finding something so small...

:idunno Wondering if a person can tag a pig with a GPS or Bluetooth locator? Would be great just to call the tag on the phone and zero in on where the pig is hiding. I know you can get bluetooth tags to put on things like keychains. Comes in handy if you have elderly parents misplacing items.

:fl Something like that might help a person find that piglet who is running hog wild in the woods. :wee

Anyway, sure is a nice looking pig. Looking forward to some pictures of the pig in the new pig palace.
 
:idunno Wondering if a person can tag a pig with a GPS or Bluetooth locator? Would be great just to call the tag on the phone and zero in on where the pig is hiding. I know you can get bluetooth tags to put on things like keychains. Comes in handy if you have elderly parents misplacing items.

:fl Something like that might help a person find that piglet who is running hog wild in the woods. :wee

Anyway, sure is a nice looking pig. Looking forward to some pictures of the pig in the new pig palace.
Not a bad idea at all!!!!

I plan on reinforcing the fencing tomorrow if rain holds off. Of all things Doc fits through the holes in the panels....🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

ETA picture
 

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