Cedar Fever and Flying Pigs
11/06/07 - 3rd Day - After Breakfast. I might have mentioned it last year, but I didn't find out until after we picked Central Texas for our perpetual home that I suffer from Cedar allergies. And not just any Cedar allergies, but the dreaded Texas Cedar Fever. The first year (fall/winter 2005) was miserable. Last year, which was the end of a long drought, was great and I suffered very, very little. This year, following one of the wettest years on record, is starting out to be a bugger. Didn't sleep much at all last night, and with 30 mph winds today it isn't going to be much better.
We tried to catch one of the female piglets this morning because we are going to swap one of our females for one of David's males (since he only had three males and no females). Well, it didn't go very well. This wasn't any Battle of Butcher Holler, but it wasn't fun either. We trapped the dirty half-dozen oinkers in the pig pen and I grabbed the right female and we lifted her into the back of the pickup truck. I was assured in books and TV shows, etc., that pigs do not jump. They don't like to step down either, I was told. Well, she flew right over the side of the pickup truck bed and headed out. David assured us that a bunch of nerds must have just gotten dates, because he had just seen a pig fly. We trapped them all in the pigpen again, and we had everyone at their post, and I drove them by Liviu who promptly grabbed the wrong pig (a male). No problem, because they are all still in the pen, right? Wrong. Jennifer freaked out when the pigs came rushing at the gate and they just pushed it open on her with no problem. She was sitting there with a look of shock on her face, and all 6 were gone. Well, we'll try again later. Maybe tomorrow.
Danielle has been busy rendering lard from the fat of the pig we butchered, and we still have maybe another 60 lbs. of meat to can. We will be canning the lard we get as well. I've been picking up more canning jars every time we go to town.
I'll try to work at posting some sermons today. Check on BiblicalAgrarianism.com later to see if I get it done.
Peace,
Michael
We tried to catch one of the female piglets this morning because we are going to swap one of our females for one of David's males (since he only had three males and no females). Well, it didn't go very well. This wasn't any Battle of Butcher Holler, but it wasn't fun either. We trapped the dirty half-dozen oinkers in the pig pen and I grabbed the right female and we lifted her into the back of the pickup truck. I was assured in books and TV shows, etc., that pigs do not jump. They don't like to step down either, I was told. Well, she flew right over the side of the pickup truck bed and headed out. David assured us that a bunch of nerds must have just gotten dates, because he had just seen a pig fly. We trapped them all in the pigpen again, and we had everyone at their post, and I drove them by Liviu who promptly grabbed the wrong pig (a male). No problem, because they are all still in the pen, right? Wrong. Jennifer freaked out when the pigs came rushing at the gate and they just pushed it open on her with no problem. She was sitting there with a look of shock on her face, and all 6 were gone. Well, we'll try again later. Maybe tomorrow.
Danielle has been busy rendering lard from the fat of the pig we butchered, and we still have maybe another 60 lbs. of meat to can. We will be canning the lard we get as well. I've been picking up more canning jars every time we go to town.
I'll try to work at posting some sermons today. Check on BiblicalAgrarianism.com later to see if I get it done.
Peace,
Michael
posted by Michael Bunker at 11/06/2007 06:51:00 AM
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