I’ve been posting about the corrupting and polluting effects of rampant consumerism, so to go a little way towards balancing the equation I’d like to ask the readers of this blog to take part in Buy Nothing Day. Saturday November 25th 2006 is Buy Nothing Day (UK), It’s a day where you challenge yourself, your [...]
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Tag Archives: boar
Graham, meet Delilah and Doris
4 November, 2006
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Graham the Berkshire boar came out of quarantine today, so after a short trailer trip it was time to meet the girls… Okay Graham, time to leave the lurv wagon!
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29 October, 2006
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We finally have a pedigree Berkshire boar after a journey of 13 hours, 20 minutes to collect him and bring him back to the croft. Graham, as he’s known, came from a farm between Grantshouse and Duns, in the Scottish Borders.
Read moreGinger, meet Delilah
28 July, 2006
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With Ginger settled into his new pen, it was time to for him to meet his new girlfriend. The intention was to put Dolores, the spotty Berkshire, in with Ginger first. She will be used purely to breed porkers as she’s not up to the standard required for breeding pedigree Berkshires. However, Dolores showed no [...]
Read moreHello Ginger!
12 July, 2006
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We’ve had so many problems finding a pedigree Berkshire boar to service our three Berkshire gilts that we reluctantly decided to accept our first litters would have to be crossbreeds. After some phoning around, an ad in ScotAds and discussions with our “proper” farmer neighbours, we found the local shearer keeps Tamworth pigs and had [...]
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