Twenty and counting

We seem to have piggies all over. Penny has 4, Deidre has 5 and Bessie has 11 little piglets. Each pen has a little wall so the Mum can get out but the piglets stay in, the piglets think it's fun jumping over it and following Mum outside now! Molly is due to have her litter in October.

Sunning themselves under the heat lamp

A pile of piggies

Our geese and ducks now have free range round the back garden as the grass is growing much more slowly now. Our Christmas turkeys are due to arrive next Monday. Our 10 surprise litters of rabbits are getting bigger now and hopefully there are no more on the way.
Isaac and Josh have both got in the soccer teams at school. Isaac is in the senior high team and Josh in junior high so it means one or other of them have either practice or a match on most nights of the week until mid October when the season ends.

Penny with her 4 babies; Leaf, Bolt, Back to Front & Freckle

Bread and Butter Pickles

We are getting back into a routine this week as everyone went back to school.

Our first piglets are doing really well and the second litter is due any moment.

It's harvest time and we've been busy preserving apples, tomatoes, cucumbers etc. My cupboards and freezer are getting very full.

The End of the Summer

We've noticed a big change in the weather this week. No longer are we getting 30+ days although we are still in the mid 20's in the afternoons. The days are shorter and there's a distinct feel of Autumn around with leaves already turning and dropping. This is probably happening early this year as we've had so little rain all summer and everything is bone dry.
The kids get an extra day off school due to all the changes in education over here with school districts merging so they go back on Wednesday after having 10 1/2 weeks off.
David's Mum and Dad have been over for a 2 week visit and are currently sat in Halifax airport waiting for their flight home. We've had a good time with them and visited a little of the local area but most of the time was spent on David, his Dad and Isaac making a huge shed for the arrival of the first piglets. It was completed enough for Penny to be put in there on Saturday and she gave birth to 4 beautiful tiny black piglets this afternoon, just before David's parents left and very appropriately born on Labour Day!

The deluxe pig shed

Summer 2012 Laver family photo, the artistic angle is because the camera was sat on a rock!

The first couple of piglets

Live Pig Cam

 

Penny is due anytime