Planting a Pig

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On Sunday, one of our piglets had some sort of seizure, then died. Not sure what happened, but she was not a particularly good specimen.

So what do you do when an animal dies?

Bury it in the garden and plant over it, of course!

I dug a hole in the herb garden and buried the pig, then planted a small Rachel mulberry tree next to it. We won’t get bacon, but we’ll get mulberries.

There is a cycle of life on the homestead. Extra vegetables and whey and root peelings and other waste go to the pigs and chickens. When they are butchered, the waste goes into the compost or into a pit, which we then cover over with soil and plant over.

Most organic “waste” is easy to recycle into something useful.

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