{"id":6412,"date":"2020-09-29T20:02:53","date_gmt":"2020-09-30T00:02:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/?p=6412"},"modified":"2020-09-29T20:04:51","modified_gmt":"2020-09-30T00:04:51","slug":"lest-we-forget-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/lest-we-forget-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Lest we forget&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/THPigs.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/THPigs-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Thistle Hill Farm pigs\" class=\"wp-image-6413\" width=\"270\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/THPigs-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/THPigs-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/THPigs-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/THPigs.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8230;pork is on the way.&nbsp; Five pigs that look like they\u2019ll be ready from now to Christmas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This year we\u2019re raising mostly Berkshires&#8230;with some Tamworth thrown in.\u00a0 Most pig growers seem to eventually settle on Berkshires for the flavor&#8230;and all-around performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the past we\u2019ve favored Tamworth and Gloucester Old Spot, but we thought it was time to try the popular favorite.&nbsp; All three of English heritage breeds and each has their advocates.&nbsp; These Berkshire are the best-mannered we\u2019ve had so far&#8230;and finishing faster than others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this picture they\u2019re being fed a mixture of spent brewers grain and a growers ration heavy on corn.&nbsp; Ours pigs are raised entirely on pasture with the benefit of some acorns from nearby trees that add special flavor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first bacon should be ready in several weeks.&nbsp; Contact Church for more information or to order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"mailto:info@thistlehill.net\">info@thistlehill.net<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(214) 802-1283<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>David<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;pork is on the way.&nbsp; Five pigs that look like they\u2019ll be ready from now to Christmas. This year we\u2019re raising mostly Berkshires&#8230;with some Tamworth thrown in.\u00a0 Most pig growers seem to eventually settle on Berkshires for the flavor&#8230;and all-around performance. In the past we\u2019ve favored Tamworth and Gloucester Old Spot, but we thought it was time to try the popular favorite.&nbsp; All three of English heritage breeds and each has their advocates.&nbsp; These Berkshire are the best-mannered we\u2019ve had so far&#8230;and finishing faster than others. In this picture they\u2019re being fed a mixture of spent brewers grain and a growers ration heavy on corn.&nbsp; Ours pigs are raised entirely on pasture with the benefit of some acorns from nearby trees that add special flavor. The first bacon should be ready in several weeks.&nbsp; Contact Church for more information or to order. info@thistlehill.net (214) 802-1283 David<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[104,149,13,22,35,11,110,93,150,114],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bacon","category-berkshire","category-david","category-food","category-meat","category-pigs-2","category-pork","category-pork-sausage","category-tamworth","category-tamworth-pigs"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6412"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6412\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6417,"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6412\/revisions\/6417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}