This is a BIG pig. This daddy pig is longer than I am tall. Imagine me laying on top of this beast! He weights five hundred pounds. I couldn't find anything to show size comparison, and my chicken exited before my camera was ready. But a good size chicken goes from the pig's eye to his snout. Mammoth big, massive big, freezer full of pork big.
We were invited to a West Virginia farm. It was a beauty! This chicken's feathers glistened like fire in the sun. Cooper was the only boy to go, and enjoyed the animals.
The baby rabbits were adorable, and if we work hard and build our cage, one can be ours!
This is today's hero. Stephanie's an amazing mother of four, caretaker of many animals, and gardener extraordinaire. She offered to share her extra produce with us today. How could we say no to that?
Beans a plenty, beans galore! 
This is Susan and her gang. She shared her invitation with me. She's my friend. They outpicked us 3:1.
Mrs. Farmer has grown huge sunflowers, and they needed to be cut as the birds were eating the seeds. We've brushed away some of the flower pollen. Can you see the black seeds underneath?
Sawyer cleaned those heads up, and the seeds are ready to dry. Anyone up for home grown, roasted sunflower seeds? I'm assuming Chef Tom will come through with a recipe for me ;-).
9 comments:
THAT PIG! I can't get over it.
You always seem to fun great adventures were ever you go...looks like it was a lot of fun and panrty filling too!
Mmmm... you ought to soak the seeds in a salt water, and then dry roast them like you would pumpkin seeds, at a low heat in the oven. Those will be yummy!
sharing is caring. glad that you have friends to share. did you get a lot of beans to freeze/can?
Always an adventure!
What a gorgeous garden!! How nice to have friends who will share their crops, and fun for your children to be involved as well. That's quite a sunflower. I planted some but only two came up. Last year, they were taller than the first floor windows and this year, they did nothing--all because of the weather. Will try again next year.
I don't know too much about preparing sunflower seeds, but the pig, I have a whole bunch of things I would like to try with that pig.
let me see if I can find something to do with the seeds.
here are some recipes to add them to your meals.
http://homecooking.about.com/library/archive/blv31.htm
That would be sooo much fun! Great to have friends who live on a farm. I bet you enjoyed every minute.
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