{"id":5282,"date":"2018-01-17T12:00:39","date_gmt":"2018-01-16T23:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dfmamea.com\/blog\/?p=5282"},"modified":"2018-02-13T19:11:30","modified_gmt":"2018-02-13T06:11:30","slug":"kunekune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dfmamea.com\/blog\/kunekune\/","title":{"rendered":"Kunekune"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fortress Mamea has around three acres of paddocks. Three acres is a lot of ground area. Despite the best efforts of the cavalry element and a small flock of sheep*, the paddocks were getting overgrown with grass and weeds.<\/p>\n

The current lot of four-legs needed help and it was decided that kunekune pigs, with their\u00a0ability to live on little more than grass<\/a>, fit the bill.\u00a0The pigs would be a twofer solution: get the greenery under control; then time for the freezer.<\/p>\n

I was good with this plan.\u00a0I like bacon. I like the smell of it cooking. I like its texture, the taste of the pork fat that it cooked in, and its saltiness.<\/p>\n

The porkers arrived and they were babies and they were so cute but I was strong and I wasn’t going to get attached to them because I like bacon and pork sausages and \u2014<\/p>\n

Then someone went and named the new arrivals Fig<\/strong> and Prunella<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Nell & Fig. (Photo courtesy Deborah K.)<\/span><\/p>\n

We have pet kunekune pigs now.<\/span><\/p>\n

* I haven’t mentioned the sheep because they’re boring. And some of them are destined for the freezer.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Fortress Mamea has around three acres of paddocks. Three acres is a lot of ground area. Despite the best efforts of the cavalry element and a small flock of sheep*, the paddocks were getting overgrown with grass and weeds. The current lot of four-legs needed help and it was decided that kunekune pigs, with their\u00a0ability … <\/p>\n

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