December 2017: GoodBye Ihid-II!


Image of tropical backyard boar and
        sow mating


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Born June 23 2017
Visual link to "Brownie's First Farrowing"

July  01:

Images of tropical backyard
            piglets exploring their environment outside the pen
Newly Born Piglets Escape from their Pen

July  03:

Imagages of tropical backyard piglets
        out exploring
Exploring the Garden

July  08:

Images of tropical backyard piglets visitng their
        auntie
Visiting Auntie in her New Pen

July  25

Images of one month old piglets in tropical backyard
Just being Piglets

August  04:

Images of tropical backyard piglets eating solid food
        with their mother
Weaned

August  17:

Images of piglets being caught for sale
New Owners for Some

August  18:

Images of tropical backyard piglets being caught by
        neighbours
New Owners for a few More

August  24:

Images of tropical backyard piglets being separated from
        mother
Ihid and Sister are Separated from their Mother

August  26:

Images of tropical backyard piglet
          being taken away by new owner
Ihid's Sister gets a New Owner

November  08:

Images of tropical backyard piglet being transferred to
        ne pen
Ihid moves to his New Pen

Images of stressed tropica lbackyard
            piglet after moving to new pen
Ihid is terribly stressed -but recovers later

November  15:

Images of wonman playing with tropical backyard piglet
Fatima Plays with Ihid
who has now fully recovered from Moving to a New Pen

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December 03:

Phase 1 -The Garden:

Preparation

Images of early morning preparations
        before butchering a tropical backyard piglet

A Quick, Silent, End

Images of a sudden end to a tropical backyard piglet

Images of tropical backyard piglet ready for butchering

Nearly 70 kg. of Fresh Meat

Images of Dead tropical backyard pig before butchering
        begins

The Carcass is Washed and Shaved

Images of Shaving a recently slaughtered tropical
        backyard pig

Images of a recently slaughtered tropical backyard pig
        being shaved before butchering

...and Carefully Dissected (following the Pork Cutting Chart)

Images of tropical backyard pig being cut up

Images of tropical backyard pig being butchered

Images of tropical backyard pig being butchered

Images of tropical backyard pig being butchered

Images of remains of butchered tropical backyard pig

An Improvised Pork Lunch for the Lads

IMages of tropical backyard butchers making a quick pork
        stew

Images of tropical backyard butchers having a quick pork
        stew for lunch

...and the Butchered Pig is Taken Into the House

Images of a recently butchered tropical backyard pig
        being carried into the house

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Phase 2 -The Kitchen:

Sorting Out the Cuts

Images of sorting out the meat after
        butchering a tropical backyard pig

Images of sorting out the meat after butchering a
        tropical backyard pig

Cutting Up and Marinating some Meat in Packages

Images of home butchered meat being cut up and packaged

Meat Everywhere

Images of meat

Meat for Stew, Bacon, Ham and Sausage

Images of various bits of meat

Filling Freezer and Fridge


Images of meat in freezer and fridge

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Phase 3 -The Table:

Soup and Blood Stew for Lunch

Images of Pork Soup and Blood Stew

Pork and Bean Stew for Dinner

Images of making pork and Bean stew

Images of Pork and Bean Stwe

Images of pork and Bean stew

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Auntie Brownie's First Time Farrowing:

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Garden Diary

June 2017
July 2017
August 2017
September 2017
October 2017
November 2017
December 2017

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