A friend of mine has a farma dn raises hogs.  She and her husband however are selling many because of the prices now on feed.  It is too bad for them, but as she said to me, it is good for us to be able to buy at such a reasonable price.  I have never done this before, so the whole process is a little foreign to me, but my girlfriend Amy has walked me through it so far.  LOL 

We are buying a 200-250 pound hog.  We won't be sure how much it is till we ask the Butcher.  For many they are weighed on the farm, but Amy has a wonderful guy who comes straight to the farm to pick up the hogs and takes them in to process.  He is picking up several hogs today and one of them is ours!!! YIPEEE!!!!  I bought very little pork this month in our grocery trip because I knew we would be getting this around the first of the month. 

I got the call last night the hog would be picked up and I could call Gary at the locker this afternoon to tell him what I want.  He will walk me through the process of how to process the hog and what we would like.  (Sausage, pork loin, etc. etc.)  He assures me Gary talks to beginners on this all the time and won't laugh at me for asking stupid questions. LOL

The problem??? We don't have a freezer just yet!!! LOL  We should have taken the last two weeks to buy one and have it set up, but with the flu traveling through our household and other very good excuses, that I just can't think of right now, we haven't. LOL  So today it is my job to go to a few stores looking for a standing freezer to hold our hog and hopefully they will either deliver, or my brother can loan us his truck to get it to our house.

We have the perfect spot for it on our back porch where our second fridge is, and where we store most of our pantry items. 

I am getting excited to get this whole hog.  I will keep you all posted.  I am sure some will be interested because you are like me and have never done this before. 

God's Blessings,

Amy Jo