Running of the Pigs

Tonight was the farm's annual Running of the Pigs!  

Our pigs spend the summer high on the hill in our old apple orchard.  All summer they relax in the shade of the old apple trees, eat fallen apples and root and dig as pigs love to do.  Then come fall, we are faced with the challenge of moving these, now large hogs, off the hill and into our barn.  So, we build a runway and with a silent prayer for success "run" the pigs to the barn.  Farmer Don, equipped with a bucket of feed and apples, starts down the runway first and calls his piggies to follow him.  We follow the pigs with a piece of outstretched plastic.  The pigs see the plastic as a wall, so they keep moving down the hill, rather then moving back to their familiar pasture.  This year was one of our best runs yet!  We need to thank our new neighbors, Mike, Joyce and Phil, for their help. The extra sets of hands were greatly appreciated!

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