If we didn't have enough mud out there before, I'm sure we'll have enough now! I'm up really early this morning because the rain and wind have been so loud. I can't imagine what it is going to be like out there. Already I am constantly moving huts to areas that aren't so muddy and packing in fresh straw. Tomorrow will be another day of such work. It is strange how warm it is out there...60 degrees and balmy. The kids already don't have school today and Tuesday, but I'm sure it would have been canceled because of flooding. We have some areas of the county by creeks and rivers that tend to flood the roads.
As we're trying to get ready for the 2010 season, we've been having a sale on the rest of our sausage and chicken. We want the freezers empty in preparation for the Berkshire pork coming in March. Ahhh pork again! I haven't had pork chops or roasts or tenderloins in such a long time and we've been out of bacon for a while. My son, Jonah, was with me at the grocery store the other day. He mentioned how he would really like bacon on his turkey subs. That sounds good, but I haven't even been down the meat section in months! I held the package of bacon and just stared at it. It honestly felt wrong. I thought about the hog that it came from...living indoors in dark, cramped pens...cement floors...no grass...no sunlight. When his mom had him, she wasn't able to move. Sows are in such tight quarters that they can't even turn around. That's the way it is in factory farms. It's not even farming.
Well, I did purchase the package of bacon. It confirmed what we already knew...it did not taste very good!
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