I am going to use the propane roofer's torch first and then follow up with the pressure washer to remove burnt hair and skin. I think it will work. If not I will have some hot water and stiff brushes ready. I am also going to follow the advice given by a pig farmer recently in a Yahoo group which ki...

Butterbean - Are you in Huntsville? I shall PM I think.

Cool site! My pigs look nothing like that ... yet. OK Here's the embarrassing part. The Grand Plan ... Butcher sequence Day before (Friday night) Feed pigs smaller amount Prepare 4 - 5 gal buckets of 60 SAL brine w/Cure #1 Set up propane roofer`s torch Pallets out for butchered pigs next to barn Set...

This time I am writing my reply elsewhere; copy, log-in, paste, send. HamnCheese - The old potato book is right up my alley. Thanks for that. I will try to read it tonight or tomorrow night because Sat I am doing my Potato Growing Class for about 8 people. I might find some tid-bits in there that wo...

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Thank you Butterbean - incredibly helpful to me. Especially about the plan and no down time. I think I will use the roofer's propane torch in this case to by-pass all the hot water. Still need some and some stiff brushes to clean up after the 'burn.' I will come back with my butcher and process plan...

New to sausages, new to raising my own pigs - but not new to hunting them! I have six volunteers and one is a retired Safeway butcher, but my gut tells me to tackle it solo. That is probably not very practical so I need to decide what to do. Not sure I want more than one or two helpers assuming they...

I have a small potato farm about 60 miles north of San Francisco not too far from the coast. I work full time and in Nov I got 2 Tamworth and 2 Berkshire feeder hogs to raise for meat and to help me take out a huge stand of blackberries; I take out the vines and they take out the roots. They are doi...