Tool belts are an under appreciated  item. Useful, practical, and when Hubby Dearest has one on- sexy as hell. Oh menfolk, with that hammer loop filled and a pocket full of nails you are a gift to women-kind. Not to say women can’t rock a tool belt. There are plenty of gals who prove that tool belts never go out of style.
However,  I am not as handy as some of my fellow ladies and appreciate my Hubby Dearest when he dons his belt of tools and builds me a wonderful woodshed or storage for my obscene amount of plastic totes (all filled with very important things of course).
Every homestead needs someone who is at least moderately handy with tools and though I can pound my share of nails or screw in some new hinges, it is always nice to be able to bat my eyelashes at the ole ball’n’chain and get a new pig pen!!
Today’s adventure is to plan out our pasture perimeter for our pigs this year. We aren’t in the pig breeding and farrowing business yet, so our space and shelter requirements are fairly minimal. But, coastal weather is highly variable and a little planning goes a long way.
This year we are getting a small handful of weaned pigs and will pasture them for approximately 6 months until they are ready to move along to someone else’s freezer.  We will be cornering off about a half acre for these porkers and will be documenting the process in blog posts to come!
My personal belief is that pastured pigs are happy pigs. They get to forage, exercise,  and explore which is a huge benefit to their quality of life, improves the quality of meat produced and as an added bonus they smell like fresh daisies instead of a “pig pen.”
So a huge shout out to my dear hubby who will be constructing the fence, the feeding/watering station,  and the shelter. I can’t wait to see that tool belt put to use.

(Our lead hen Little Blacky assisting in the pasture planning process)