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with the end of this year fast approching i did hope to be further ahead than we are at the moment. the area for the pig pen is nearly cleared, just the tip pile that has been left for years to clear before i can even think about to get the fence posts in. the veg polt is still non exsistant (frustratingly), the green house needs repair before it can be used (althought next year i will be...

We’ve been keeping pigs for nearly 2 years now and in that time tried a variety of breeds.  We’ve had Gloucester Old Spots, Kune Kune’s, Tamworth’s and Oxford Sandy and Black’s to name a few. We’re passionate about pigs, and do all we can to give them the best life we can. . . regardless of the fact that some are destined  to become food, whilst...

How very exciting, my very first blog ever! I had a brainwave of creating a web site for sharing ideas on self sufficiency and using blogs to share ideas, and then found that the wheel (this website) had already been invented! My ultimate dream is to live off the land on a one or two acre site with vegetables, chickens (laying and tasty eating ones), a goat or cow, wonderful ground enriching...

  It is only a matter of hours / days now before Babe gives birth to her first litter of cute piglets.  I know you should not have your favourites, but, it’s pretty obvious that she is mine (Lee’s). She was the first pig I purchased and, without a doubt, she is the friendliest and most charismatic pig we have in the woods.  Don’t get me wrong,...

“Lucky” . . . the unexpected resident pig. Lucky was born at HerePigPig on the 27th July 2011, when Lottie (her mother) gave birth to 7 wonderfully marked Saddleback piglets. As usual, we were there at the birth, and things went very well . . . but we were not prepared for what was about to follow. A few days later there was an eerie silence as we stepped into the pen...

The first sign that a child may, in a few years’ time; sway towards ‘the good life’ is when they see the first Sunflower seed they have planted grow into an enormous plant resembling something like Jack and the Beanstalk. However, can we do more to encourage, and educate, the future generation to value where their food comes from? Well, at HerePigPig we do all we can to show...

It's been quite a few weeks since I update our Landshare blog, so I thought I take 5 minutes out to give you all a quick update on where we are currently at. Everyone knows we started on Landshare, 5 pigs and 1.5 acres of land . . . but how are things currently? Land - We moved from a 1.5 acre field to a 3 acre woodland Pigs - Started with 5, and now we have 50 Website - HerePigPig.com has...

Like the idea of eating your own pig? Don’t have the time, land or experience to do it? . . . well, HerePigPig has the perfect solution. We offer to keep a pig for you, and after 6 – 7 months you will get a freezer full of the finest free-range pork you’ve ever had. How does this work? You get to choose which breed of pig you’d like, and we’ll hunt high and low...

“How much pork can I get from a single pig?” . . . this is a question I get asked fairly often. So, to answer this question I’m going to provide the details of the latest pig that left the piggery on its ‘one way holiday’. The last pig to ‘go away’ was around 8 months old and was a fine Gloucestershire Old Spot pig.   This pig received just as much...

This Sunday, 19th June, the River Cottage: Meat episode will screen on Channel 4. Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall has always passionate about sustainable, humane, and hand-reared meat, and lots of Landsharers share Hugh’s passion, and are now rearing their own animals on Landshared land.  Moving into animal husbandry can be a daunting task. Here are some of the best blogs for information,...