Achorn Farm

We picked up the remains of our pig last week. Love the look of these sweetly wrapped morsels of goodness. We run three freezers and they a...

Last year for the first time I made some tasty treats for the birds. I posted recipes here . The other night my girl & I made some with...

Maine Man has his Ducks in a Row! ;) Ha.....the morning after MM processed all the drakes but 1 he found this sight in the barn. All the Mu...

Our newest addition Basil or Bullet, depends who your asking. Above is Louie and one of his gals. All together we have 3 Khaki Cambells. ...

HELP....... Need some names folks! (1 male, 1 female) If you have been a long time reader you know we've had some naughty pigs named Oba...

These pigs belong to my old man farmer friend . We currently have one pig named Q, we raised her and her sister Barbie from piglets, they w...

Maine Man suggested I do a weekly post summarizing the chaos of our lives. Not sure this will be a regular thing but this was a perfect week...

Isn't he sweet? Not Maine Man THE PIG! (ok he don't look so bad either) Ham just a few hours before she delivered. Just after 9pm S...

We are sure they are pregnant but by our estimations they should have piglets by now. The borrowed boar, "Romeo" came to stay wi...

One of the perks of making your own sausage is that can determine the amount of fat you want to add. We made ours on the lean side. A few d...

Some say you can't skin a pig you must scrape it. Around here we reserve the C word for special occasions. I have found by letting th...

Despite the picture above things are starting to dry up around here. Yesterday I was able to walk our trail with the dogs to the back of ou...