So there are 20 piglets exploring, digging, snoozing, grazing, begging their sows and learning about belly rubs on the farm.
Lassie teaching the piglets about the joys of Lambs Quarter
Lassie, Toto & Tiggles all delivered piglets within 10 days of each other so we now have one big crew of 20 piglets and their 3 sows.
They will be accepting visits from Farmstand shoppers this Thursday, July 12th 3:30-6 pm.
And along with the ski areas theme this year we introduce:
Lassie’s Canadian litter
- Whistler & Apex, 2 lovely, large females, 1 or 2 of which may become future sows here or at Hogwash Farm
- Banff, who will head to Hogwash farm to become a future boar
- Tremblant & Fernie, two other adorable males
Toto’s litter — with a nod to Colorado’s great ski areas
- 3 females: Vail, yep she has fancy white feet & even a white tip to the tail; Copper, & Mary Jane, who has a bit of a square tail end!
- 7 males: Arapahoe, Cranor, Crested Butte, Keystone, Loveland, Steamboat & Telluride — Yep, Crested Butte has great white feet & a white tip to his tail.
Tiggles’ stayed east of the Mississippi
- Her adorable runt, truly the runt of the 3 litters, thus named Wilmot, for Wisconsin’s ski area with 88 vertical feet!
- Plus Jiminy (with great black spots), Saddleback – who got a saddle (and sow toe) shaped wound early on, but is doing great and Attitash, all males.
- Cannon, the lone female, in honor of not only the ski area in the White Mountains, but also young farmer Sophie Canon who witnessed many births and gracefully helped with those that didn’t make it as well. She will also be heading to Hogwash Farm!
Cannon, getting an extra drink in!
Some video joy of the piglets and sows grazing
Seasonal highlight of the week: Fava Beans! Yep, a big fat pod with the fat luscious beans inside. You can peel them for the beans and put them in nearly anything or check out this 
Seasonal highlight of the week: Rhubarb! Great for fresh desserts, 
These are great warm or even room temperature used like tortillas. You can fill it with whatever you want, sort of like a crepe or tortilla. Another different way to eat lots of greens courtesy of Donna! Check out her great videos for tips on making them.
