hello my friends xx

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wow! it has been a while since i last wrote a blog i apologise!!! so… hello to all and thank you for all your messages of goodwill whilst i have been away!

where to start??? well i’ll share a few pictures which were destined for you earlier on when the sun was shining and our harvest was bountiful! Here are the potatoes from the outdoor raised beds! we have still go lots stored away to keep us going throuugh these winter months!

the pumpkin and squash harvest… such fun to grow and harvest… and of course eat!

and a little ray of sunshine for your drizzly, cold day… a teddy bear sunflower

well as this time of year is spent on maintanence, cleaning, building and painting i thought i would take this opportunity to introduce you to some new arrivals. Delilah, our Saddleback went into labour at 9.30pm

and the follwing morning she proudly introduced these little cuties…

Meanwhile, Blossom our Berkshire, was next door feeling very left out decided she would like some adoration so at 7.30am she decided to also go into labour and produced these gorgeous little piglets…

These have all been weaned and are now full of energy and have very cheeky personalities!

I cannot wait to get back out into the garden to actually start sowing seeds!!! so a little late perhaps but maybe my new years resolution should be to take more pictures and of course…. share them with you!! xx

12 Jan, 2009
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Majeekahead

Happy new year Ickle, nice to have you back...and how cute is that! lovely, looks like all that veg will keep you going a while, and the babies keep you busy lol.

12 Jan, 2009

Sadie

Lovely to have you back. Missed you.

12 Jan, 2009

Irish

welcome back Ickle

12 Jan, 2009

Milky

Welcome back Ickle

12 Jan, 2009

Arlene

~hi Ickle~
lovely pics of all the little babies and my word you did well with the veg!That looks like a lot of work!

12 Jan, 2009

Bonkersbon

Welcome back...well you have been busy,or your piggies have lol

12 Jan, 2009

Dawnsaunt

Hi, your garden produce looks wonderful and for the piglets - well absoluteley gorgeous, love them.

12 Jan, 2009

Michaella

welcome back from me too, and thank you for showing us all these lovely pictures. Bet the potatoes are delicious as are the others.

12 Jan, 2009

Spritzhenry

Hi Ickledigga! Nice to see you - and the new arrivals. I went 'Aaaah!' of course!

12 Jan, 2009

Wagger

All that manure! No wonder your veg look so good.

12 Jan, 2009

Amy

I love little piggies , they are so cute , I found one running up the side of the road once and was very tempted to keep it , I didn,t ..I put it back into the field , after a lot of running about I might add LOL

12 Jan, 2009

Pottygardener

Welcome back Ickledigga. Hope this years crop is as good for you. And those piglets....how lovely. Makes you go gooey!

12 Jan, 2009

Blodyn

It's nice to hear from you again :o)

12 Jan, 2009

Dawnsaunt

Amy: Nice one.

12 Jan, 2009

Wohlibuli

Great pics, a wonderful harvest! and of course the piglets are fab!

12 Jan, 2009

Grenville

Welcome back and all good wishes for 2009.The piglets are gorgeous!

12 Jan, 2009

Jacque

OMG Icky how are u i was just about2go Happy New Year XXXXXX& Chat soon xBTW hows my Littel Hen :)?

12 Jan, 2009

Gilli

Hello Ikle. We haven't met. I joined while you were not here. Pleased to meet you. I love your piggies. Happy New Year and Happy gardening in 2009. :o)

13 Jan, 2009

Sid

OMG - your spuds & squashes are amazing! I bet it was SO satisfying harvesting that lot and seeing the fruits of all your labours! And talking of labour, how amazing both sows gave birth (Farrowed? Is that the word?) within a few hours of oneanother! I 'spose it's too much to hope that the little piggies will be kept as pets?!

13 Jan, 2009

Clarice

Welcome back & happy new year to you & those little babies. Well done with all the veg.

13 Jan, 2009

Husseinxp

very nice

13 Jan, 2009

Dottydaisy2

Hi from me as well, love your pictures, my Father was a pig farmer, spent more time with his pigs than he did with our Mother (so she says) when I was being born he was nowhere to be seen he was with one of his favourite sows (she was farrowing at the same time) lol

13 Jan, 2009

Ickledigga

thanks everyone so nice to hear from you all again and a big hello to all everyone i haven't met yet i will look forward to getting to know you!!! we try to sell the piglets to people we know for their own smallholdings and what we don't sell we keep... as you can probably tell they all have names and become part of our extended family! as for my husband spending more time with the animals than me so true i figured if i can't beat him i should join him! right im off to catch up on what i've missed! xx

14 Jan, 2009

Xela

Happy New Year, Ickle, great to see you again.
My, you have been busy.
Love your pictures, hope you will be able to keep them coming.

14 Jan, 2009

Andrearichter

What a fantastic harvest and great news about the pigs, lovely to be able to do that yourself

14 Jan, 2009

Sal1914

Absolutely fantastic... I bet those potatoes taste fabulous... Brilliant blog..

14 Jan, 2009

Jacque

Me Again Icky those Baby Piggys are the Sweetest are`nt they, i bet u was so chuffed when u held 1 :) The Veggie look fab 2 no wonder uv not had time 4 GOY :) XXX

14 Jan, 2009

Lori

Hurrah! Glad to see your blog, Ickle! lovely harvest...all the work of last spring paid off in spades!! (full of potatoes) lol. sweet little piggies from the girls.....too. Looks like '08 was a good year, hope '09 is as good or better!

15 Jan, 2009

Lynwoodview

Great harvest. The piglets are soooo cute.

16 Jan, 2009

David

Hi Ickle, welcome back. Love the piglets, but the fantastic veggies even more!

16 Jan, 2009

Fleurdemai

Welcome back, happy new year.
How I wish I had the garden space for a couple of pigs as pets.

18 Jan, 2009

Gardeningfr..

Hello Ickle – Pleased to meet you. I joined GOY in November. Thank you for providing the story to go with the 3 little pig photos. I found them very interesting. You might notice from my avatar that I wear sheep’s clothing. This may give you a clue why I like your pigs. Now I can see a house made of blocks. Have the piglets moved out yet and what are their houses made of? If I don't find any pigs in wood or straw houses soon I may have to go vegetarian. I see you grow a variety of potatos. Those red one look the best - what variety are those and do you have any growing tips for a novice?

19 Jan, 2009

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