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Walter Jeffries Tinker, Tailor… A bit eclectic & a tad eccentric, polymath, quantum mechanic & Farmer. Also lucky at cards.
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Enjoy pork butchered in our family’s Vermont state inspected on-farm butcher shop here on Sugar Mountain Farm. Affordable quality pork from our family farm to your family’s table. One time purchases or weekly, biweekly and monthly CSA boxes available from $40 each. Save buying in bulk as a whole, half or quarter pig. See the Pork Page for details.Answer Polls!
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Monthly Archives: February 2012
Server Woes
Due to the web server crashing and burning, and then repeating the crash and burn, this site has been down for most of the last week. Blog posts and comments back to February 17th were lost. I’m working on getting … Continue reading
Releasing Piglet

Death of a Piglet Not all stories have happy endings. Not all pictures are pretty. The piglet above was born 20 hours ago but never thrived. Sometimes when piglets are born there is a weak one. Perhaps a premie that … Continue reading
Rotating Pigs

Moving Box of Weaner Piglets Hanno and Sirus are intent on helping to move these weaner piglets. These piglets were born out in the nurseries of the south field. Now at about six weeks of age it is time to … Continue reading
Warm Heart, Warm Hearth

Bed of Coals Happiness is a warm woodstove on a cold night. Outdoors: 38°F/27°F Sunny Tiny Cottage: 68°F/62°F Daily Spark: “They say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but it’s not one half so bad as a lot of … Continue reading