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What’s changed in the first half of Year 4?<\/p>\n
Food Production –\u00a0<\/strong>The Food Forest is started. \u00a0We have pears, plums, peaches, apples, blueberries, raspberries, all that common stuff. \u00a0We also added juju berries, paw paws (in addition to the multiple wild paw-paws that are growing on the property), satsuma citrus (like mandarine oranges, cherries – one dead so far). \u00a0The Chayata squash died. \u00a0The Muscadine Grapes are doing okay. The avocado produces and then loses its fruit. (Bought special organic citrus fertilizer for that.)<\/p>\n We fought with the Monster Bunny for the strawberries – it was a tie. \u00a0We fought with the rabbits for the sweet potatoes. \u00a0We won thanks to the electric fence!<\/p>\n Livestock –<\/strong> We bred our four dwarf goats and got 8 kids, which all sold through Craigslist.<\/p>\n Cheerio, the American Guinea Hog, had 6 piglets that she promptly killed. \u00a0We culled the female and started over with Sweetie, who should have piglets in Aug (’17) and Rachel. \u00a0The hogs \u00a0eat primarily rice and potatoes and raw eggs, with other food scraps added.<\/p>\n