March 2011

An unusual day out this month found Maurice and Ruth at a local farm in The Borders, in Berwickshire actually, with Chris and Denise Walton at Peelham Farm (www.peelham.co.uk). There was a gathering of folk from all over to take part in their "adopt a pig "scheme. Having chosen and named your piglet, you can follow its progress by visiting the farm on several weekends in the following months. Eventually the pig is butchered and you have all the products to take home. The advantage to the pig is that it leads a free range happy lifestyle compared to those reared in intensive units. The advantage to you is knowing exactly where your food came from and how it was produced organically. They even grow all their own crops to feed all their livestock, as well as the grass for their sheep and cattle. If I was a pig I think I would like to live at Peelham Farm!