Just wait until the “abundance” makes it to your freezer and table, then tell me if you wouldn’t do it again. The feeling is so satisfying. The chores are over, the work is done in such short order.
That is wonderful that your family got to experience raising pigs, for food. I watch a couple homesteaders on YouTube who do their own growing of beef, lamb, and pork, and then butchering them. “Off Grid with Doug and Stacy”, Justin and Rebekah Rhodes, “Lumnah Acres” with Al And Gina. I think that would be hard. But well worth it for the cost, and for raising better quality meat.
Our family still gets our beef from a grass fed, grass finished Rancher out of Tenino, WA. at Colvin Ranch. It is worth every penny. I see we have grass raised beef growing right here in Kingston. I have been wanting to find out if they sell their beef. Anyway…If we could raise animals here, I would. Maybe it is time to see if our Home Owners Association would make some changes. We have enough property to grow at least a couple animals on our property. We will have to see.
God bless your family Keri, and Thank you for your blog posts. They are an inspiration, and helps people see that they could raise food if they wanted to. God bless you, Tom, and the family!! 💜🥰🙏🏻
I "met" Doug and Stacy last fall at a conference. They were so inspiring! My dream life! And good luck with your HOA; apparently *some* of them are starting to allow a few hens. Meat rabbits, for sure, I would think!
That must have been awesome! I remember you sharing that you met them. I would love to go tol one of their conferences. That is our dream life also. Thank you for the information, and I will be asking our HOA.
Hi, being in Alaska, we eat the fish we catch and the venison my husband brings home each year from his Fall hunt. For some reason, I don't know why, but I thought you would have your pigs for a long time, and they would get big, big, BIG. And then you would have lots of pork. I guess big pigs would be hard to take care of. I grew up in Colorado farm country. Lots of my friends lived on farms. I don't know of any that had pigs. Just cows and sheep and chickens. Some rabbits. I've eaten frog legs many times. Yum. Dredge yourself a pond and get some frogs. :) Life is different for us empty nesters. We eat for three days on a roasted chicken. Truth be told, I'm not that good of a cook. My husband loves pork and I over cook it every time. When he wants a good pork chop dinner, we go to our local mom and pop diner. I'm a soup girl. It works for us. We did raise 5 kids though, so I know what a blessing a full freezer is. Take care.
Frogs! 🫣 My SIL would definitely go for that; he's an adventurous eater. We didn't let our pigs get too big because we wanted more meat than fat. Also, at some point the cost of feed really gets to be too much for what I'm getting. Of course--all that is conjecture as we were just heeding advice from other hog raisers. They both ended up about 200 pounds each. I don't think I've ever had venison. Fresh fish sounds amazing! Do you ever eat bear?
I have had bear, but I didn't like it. If you don't get it in the Spring, it's very fishy. Moose is wonderful. We don't have moose in our area. I think my favorite is deer liver cooked with bacon and lots of onions.
Just wait until the “abundance” makes it to your freezer and table, then tell me if you wouldn’t do it again. The feeling is so satisfying. The chores are over, the work is done in such short order.
Haha, yes! I suppose, "never say never" 😉
That is wonderful that your family got to experience raising pigs, for food. I watch a couple homesteaders on YouTube who do their own growing of beef, lamb, and pork, and then butchering them. “Off Grid with Doug and Stacy”, Justin and Rebekah Rhodes, “Lumnah Acres” with Al And Gina. I think that would be hard. But well worth it for the cost, and for raising better quality meat.
Our family still gets our beef from a grass fed, grass finished Rancher out of Tenino, WA. at Colvin Ranch. It is worth every penny. I see we have grass raised beef growing right here in Kingston. I have been wanting to find out if they sell their beef. Anyway…If we could raise animals here, I would. Maybe it is time to see if our Home Owners Association would make some changes. We have enough property to grow at least a couple animals on our property. We will have to see.
God bless your family Keri, and Thank you for your blog posts. They are an inspiration, and helps people see that they could raise food if they wanted to. God bless you, Tom, and the family!! 💜🥰🙏🏻
I "met" Doug and Stacy last fall at a conference. They were so inspiring! My dream life! And good luck with your HOA; apparently *some* of them are starting to allow a few hens. Meat rabbits, for sure, I would think!
That must have been awesome! I remember you sharing that you met them. I would love to go tol one of their conferences. That is our dream life also. Thank you for the information, and I will be asking our HOA.
Hi, being in Alaska, we eat the fish we catch and the venison my husband brings home each year from his Fall hunt. For some reason, I don't know why, but I thought you would have your pigs for a long time, and they would get big, big, BIG. And then you would have lots of pork. I guess big pigs would be hard to take care of. I grew up in Colorado farm country. Lots of my friends lived on farms. I don't know of any that had pigs. Just cows and sheep and chickens. Some rabbits. I've eaten frog legs many times. Yum. Dredge yourself a pond and get some frogs. :) Life is different for us empty nesters. We eat for three days on a roasted chicken. Truth be told, I'm not that good of a cook. My husband loves pork and I over cook it every time. When he wants a good pork chop dinner, we go to our local mom and pop diner. I'm a soup girl. It works for us. We did raise 5 kids though, so I know what a blessing a full freezer is. Take care.
Frogs! 🫣 My SIL would definitely go for that; he's an adventurous eater. We didn't let our pigs get too big because we wanted more meat than fat. Also, at some point the cost of feed really gets to be too much for what I'm getting. Of course--all that is conjecture as we were just heeding advice from other hog raisers. They both ended up about 200 pounds each. I don't think I've ever had venison. Fresh fish sounds amazing! Do you ever eat bear?
I have had bear, but I didn't like it. If you don't get it in the Spring, it's very fishy. Moose is wonderful. We don't have moose in our area. I think my favorite is deer liver cooked with bacon and lots of onions.