Tag: pigs
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Dog Containment Fence Repair
How to repair a break in a dog containment system’s boundary wire.
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Head Cheese Recipe
It’s a boiled pig’s head, meat removed and diced, then set in a terrine mould with jelly made from the cooking broth. What’s not to like?!
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Corn Eaten By Pests!
I had a beautiful crop of corn growing. Now I have bare cobs. Not happy!
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Pig Trotters In Sweet Vinegar
We’re getting towards the end of the pigs we raised for meat – literally! I’ve never cooked trotters before, so this was an interesting meal.
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Gourmet Farmer – Australia’s River Cottage?
The first series of Gourmet Farmer aired on SBS last year, and it’s back this year for Series 2. Is this Australia’s answer to Britain’s River Cottage?
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Puppies and Piglets Available – Illawarra
There are more puppies available from Jessie’s litter, and the family we bought pigs from last year have two litters available.
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Podcast Interview With Gavin From “The Greening of Gavin”
I was interviewed by Gavin Webber from The Greening Of Gavin as part of a series of podcasts he’s done with sustainable bloggers from around Australia. Let me know what you think!
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Home Made Bacon
I kept the belly of one side of our pork, and had a go at making a home-cured bacon. It turned out delicious!
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Swale And Banana Circle
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!
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The Cost Of Raising Your Own Pigs For Meat
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.