I kept the belly of one side of our pork, and had a go at making a home-cured bacon. It turned out delicious!

Yesterday I showed a friend how to kill, pluck and clean a chicken.

It took a long time, but I finally finished digging the swale across the back of my shed. With mango, banana, coffee, loquats, sweet potato, taro and more it should be a productive little area soon!

Our missing hen returns with a pleasant surprise for us – four gorgeous little chicks!

A cheap and simple home-made chicken processing station. It also doubles as a very handy outdoor sink for washing vegetables, plant pots and tools.

[ March 20, 2011; 9:00 am to 1:00 pm. ] The Shoalhaven Poulty Auction will be held on the 20th of March 2011 Venue: Berry Poultry Pavilion located at the Berry Showground Alexandra Street Berry NSW Date: Sunday 20 March 2011 Time: Poultry Shed will open from 9am to view the birds. The Auction will commence at 10.30am. All buyers must register prior to bidding and payments are [...]

A complete summary of the costs for our first foray into raising our own pigs for meat, from piglet purchase right through to slaughter and butchering.

The pigs finally came home from the butcher. We received back 74 kilograms of porky goodness per pig – that’s a lot of meat to have sitting in front of you!

The pigs have finally reached a good baconer size, and are ready to head off to the abattoir.

If you want to clear a large area of land with little effort, you can’t beat a pig tractor!