Since we moved to our smallholding almost exactly 6 years ago, we have made the Northumberland County Show a fixture in our calendar for us on the second Bank Holiday Monday in May. It’s always an entertaining day out but this year was our first ever attempt at showing pigs there so I made sure …
We’ve finally made it to the eve of the Northumberland County Show and, much like exam revision at school, I’m of the opinion that it’s far too late to do any more serious preparation now. After 4 years of the leisurely outdoors life for Sissy, there are some patches of ingrained dirt that not even …
For the last couple of years I’ve managed to come up with good excuses for not showing our pigs at the local county show. However, this year I decided that I really should try it at least once so I can decide whether I want to consider as a regular thing or not. Preparing pigs …
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