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Yesterday I picked up 12 pounds of acorns for the pigs. Nice big fat ones from Blackjack oaks around here. It only took about 45 minutes.
Today I picked up another 6 pounds. I give the pigs a small coffee can of acorns every day. They love them! There is now acorns and pecans scattered around for their rooting pleasure. They are a hoot to watch. They run and play, shovel their snouts in the dirt like bull dozers and just enjoy being pigs. Just like they are supposed to. I think about industrial farmed pigs and appreciate our pigs ability to act like pigs.
We found a greenhouse (hoop style) on Craigs list for $50 and went to get it. After we got it loaded, we were already by the tiny town with our favorite feed store in it, we needed to get dog food and some more pig feed, so to the feed store we went. Don't blink your eyes as you drive through town or you will miss it! Anyhow, we were figuring up how many bags of pig feed we needed when Christy, the lady who runs the feed store told us she had 10 bags of crimped corn with weevils in them. AND that we could have them if we wanted them! FREE! You are dadburned right we jumped on that deal like chickens on a June bug! Weevily corn! Just what I wanted! I paid for the dog food as some random guy loaded the corn. Christy works there by herself, it's sorta a customer load your own kind of place. Sometimes Christy helps or loads it, but she ain't no spring chicken, and she asked this guy to help load the weevily corn. She knew my DH had heart surgery and didn't need to be lifting that much weight. DH got $5 and tried to give it to the guy, he wouldn't take it, so my DH stuffed it in his pocket, thanked him and everybody laughed.
I was so excited by the FREE corn and extra weevil protein, that I called @Devonviolet on the way home to tell her about it. One of these pigs is hers and I had to share the good news! She couldn't believe our good fortune. God was showering us with blessings!
We got home with the corn, bugs crawling all over the bags. The bags had holes chewed in them from the weevils. DH got all creeped out about the weevils, not wanting to get those bugs started in our own storage room, and horse feed and pig feed and neither did I. I remembered that our neighbor Robert was in town at Lowes and called him. I asked him to get a bag of diatomaceous earth and he did. I explained to DH that commercial grain silos use diatomaceous earth to kill insects, so we poured corn in garbage cans, layered with DE and problem solved. We put the cans out by the pig pen, away from any other feed. The pigs dug in like that corn was candy. 500 POUNDS---FREE!!!!!
If you look closely at the picture, you can see the holes in the bags from the weevils. DH's fingers are pointing at the bugs.
Today I picked up another 6 pounds. I give the pigs a small coffee can of acorns every day. They love them! There is now acorns and pecans scattered around for their rooting pleasure. They are a hoot to watch. They run and play, shovel their snouts in the dirt like bull dozers and just enjoy being pigs. Just like they are supposed to. I think about industrial farmed pigs and appreciate our pigs ability to act like pigs.
We found a greenhouse (hoop style) on Craigs list for $50 and went to get it. After we got it loaded, we were already by the tiny town with our favorite feed store in it, we needed to get dog food and some more pig feed, so to the feed store we went. Don't blink your eyes as you drive through town or you will miss it! Anyhow, we were figuring up how many bags of pig feed we needed when Christy, the lady who runs the feed store told us she had 10 bags of crimped corn with weevils in them. AND that we could have them if we wanted them! FREE! You are dadburned right we jumped on that deal like chickens on a June bug! Weevily corn! Just what I wanted! I paid for the dog food as some random guy loaded the corn. Christy works there by herself, it's sorta a customer load your own kind of place. Sometimes Christy helps or loads it, but she ain't no spring chicken, and she asked this guy to help load the weevily corn. She knew my DH had heart surgery and didn't need to be lifting that much weight. DH got $5 and tried to give it to the guy, he wouldn't take it, so my DH stuffed it in his pocket, thanked him and everybody laughed.
I was so excited by the FREE corn and extra weevil protein, that I called @Devonviolet on the way home to tell her about it. One of these pigs is hers and I had to share the good news! She couldn't believe our good fortune. God was showering us with blessings!
We got home with the corn, bugs crawling all over the bags. The bags had holes chewed in them from the weevils. DH got all creeped out about the weevils, not wanting to get those bugs started in our own storage room, and horse feed and pig feed and neither did I. I remembered that our neighbor Robert was in town at Lowes and called him. I asked him to get a bag of diatomaceous earth and he did. I explained to DH that commercial grain silos use diatomaceous earth to kill insects, so we poured corn in garbage cans, layered with DE and problem solved. We put the cans out by the pig pen, away from any other feed. The pigs dug in like that corn was candy. 500 POUNDS---FREE!!!!!
If you look closely at the picture, you can see the holes in the bags from the weevils. DH's fingers are pointing at the bugs.
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SCORE!!!! That's awesome! Talk about being in the right place at the right place at the right time. 
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No kidding!! We were already beside ourselves with the greenhouse purchase, then to be blessed with 500 pounds of free feed put us over the moon! 
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AWESOME SCORE
the pigs won't care about the extra protein, they eat a lot worse than a few bugs! UR right to keep it from other feeds, too.
These are the days that make us feel gooooood! Congrats.
the pigs won't care about the extra protein, they eat a lot worse than a few bugs! UR right to keep it from other feeds, too.
These are the days that make us feel gooooood! Congrats.
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Hey @goatgirl! I recognized the big green fruit too! You beat me to the punch, and said every thing I was going to say about bois d'arc. 
I want to grow PawPaw trees also.
And just recently looked up how to germinate the seeds. Here is a link that might help y'all.
http://www.pawpaw.kysu.edu/pawpaw/ppg.htm
PawPaw seeds require. Loong germination period (70-100 days) and cold temps (32-40°F)
I'm not sure I can paste an internet photo here. But, if it works, here is what PawPaw looks like:
Hey Baymule. Maybe we could work toogether to germinate and grow some PawPaw trees!
I want to grow PawPaw trees also.
And just recently looked up how to germinate the seeds. Here is a link that might help y'all.http://www.pawpaw.kysu.edu/pawpaw/ppg.htm
PawPaw seeds require. Loong germination period (70-100 days) and cold temps (32-40°F)
I'm not sure I can paste an internet photo here. But, if it works, here is what PawPaw looks like:
Hey Baymule. Maybe we could work toogether to germinate and grow some PawPaw trees!
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I'm in! Just need to find some seeds!
WOW! 
500 pounds of free pig feed! That's awesome! That should last you quite a while. Sounds like you had a VERY good day! Congrats!
500 pounds of free pig feed! That's awesome! That should last you quite a while. Sounds like you had a VERY good day! Congrats!
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@Baymule, dang girl God blessed you guys today. happy, happy piggies. green house and corn, what more can you want. when i buy boss i put de in it to keep the bugs out and it works really well. goats, bunnies and birds could care less if its there but the bugs know, lol.
i don't have any pawpaw trees around here so no seeds. if you and devonviolet find any work hard at sprouting them.
i don't have any pawpaw trees around here so no seeds. if you and devonviolet find any work hard at sprouting them.
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