Spring brings newness, everything begins to awaken from their hibernation, which brings lots of work on the farm & this week our focus has been gardening. And, one of the most important pieces to have when it comes to gardening is a good, quality tiller. Here on New Norm Farm, we have three…..
Our tillers are messy, smelly, squealing pigs…. Literally. Kevin (Bacon), Jimmy Dean (Sausage)& Mordecai (Ham) have been hard at work “working” the ground this week. And, I will admit at first I thought, what’s the most that these three pigs can “till” up; I mean, they are only three pigs, what’s the worst that “damage” they can possibly do? Well, my friends, I stand here a firm believer that pigs are one of the best “non-gas” tiller you can have – it amazed me at just how much three snouts can do to the ground, naturally. Granted they left us some “smelly dirt” (a.k.a. pig poop), but yeah, that’s like gold around here!
After they were moved to the other side, the three men (Kyle, Brandon & Don) go to work clearing off the left behind big brush. So, the majority of their Saturday was spent either with chain saw in hand, in front of a brush fire, or pulling brush to the fire on the four-wheeler. Again, like I said, spring brings lots of hard work on the farm; it also brings fun, which is where the kids & I come in. We helped to at least soak up some of the heat from the fire & sun, by playing in the slip & slide (Thanks, Aunt Elaine)! See, we all have to help out on the farm! 🙂
The pigs have now been moved over to the other side of the garden which has much thicker brush, so they can work their magic on that side. Our middle son, Nehemiah, loves to refer to the pigs as “wild hogs” and will randomly give us facts about wild hogs – thank you “Pig Bomb” from Roku! However, I will admit when you walk by and the pigs are camouflaged in the brush they do indeed sound vicious just like the “killer tillers” they are!
By: Kassy Varnell
