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Week 9 on the Farm

By Jana McNally 6:32AMBlog: Community
Tags: corn, pigs, red wattles, sows,

Today is the 9th week of the extended season and the 7th week of the regular season.

Last week a storm blew in and rearranged the farm for us. Last Thursday afternoon many parts of the city stayed dry but our farm received an inch of rain in addition to 50 mph winds that toppled our beautiful corn crop, took part of the plastic off of one of our greenhouses, bent the tin roof over the pig pen and toppled the huge Hackberry tree in the top field that provided much needed shade to the farmers when working up there. And yes, I did say pig pen. We now have 5 piglets, 3 sows and one boar at the farm. They are a heritage breed of pig called Red Wattles and when they are not covered in mud, they are red and they have 2 "wattles" hanging down from either side of their necks. The sows and the boar weigh between 400-500 pounds each. These pigs are owned by the good folks at Blue Dog Bakery and we hope to take on some of the new piglets that may be coming in the fall. They are a delight.

Jana

PS. The corn will be harvested from the fallen corn crop and it is still a beautiful crop. As usual some ears will have a corn worm or two. If you (like me) would rather not witness the little fellows, cut the top part of the corn off before shucking and usually you will eliminate any mushiness or worms that are there.

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