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Essay: Homegrown (In Progress)

10 images Created 4 Mar 2011

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  • .Lurene Fleshman carries some ducks back across the street into a warm spot after they wandered out into the cold. The farm has been in the family since 1943. Development has encroached on the farm, however, as Interstate 182 cut the farm in half, down to 60 acres. A new water treatment plant is now on part of the old farm.
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  • Lurene tries to graft a female two-day-old piglet that wasn't feeding from her mom. A new mom produces milk with colostrum in it, so she wanted the piglet to get that important milk. Colostrum contains antibodies to protect the newborn against disease, as well as being higher in fat and protein than ordinary milk.
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  • A weak piglet is kept warm by a bottle of water in a box inside the house.
    03Pig and Bottle.jpg
  • A sow checks out Mike Albertin of Finley as he checks out some of Lurene's piglets. He and his wife Carolyn were buying four for this year, preferring the darker ones because they don't sunburn as easily in the sunny Eastern Washington summer.
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  • Jim sends Lulu down the slide in their back yard as Kayla, 9, watches. Lulu is older than they'd prefer, but they're spending time playing with her to get her used to human contact. She's the first of three piglets they will raise in hopes of having one friendly, productive sow to replace Roger, their sow of around five years.
    05Pig Slide.jpg
  • The chickens mosey from their roost in an arbor vida to the kitchen window for breakfast.
    06Chicken Crossing.jpg
  • Skyler fetches eggs from a recently discovered nest. The Williamsons let their hens and roosters roam free around their house, but when changes occur, they often have to go hunting for the new nest locations.
    07Egg Hunt.jpg
  • Martín Morones of Lake Stevens bought 30 chickens, 15 for eggs and 15 for meat. "Everything is fresh. The meat (from stores) is not as flavorful." 2nd year. Bought same amount last year. 425-319-9344
    08Chicken Pickin.jpg
  • Stacey prepares to shoot the second of three pigs while the first kill thrashes in its death throes.
    09Pig Slaughter.jpg
  • Ramon drinks coffee and chats with Stacey as Stacey finishes skinning one of three pigs.
    10Coffee Skinning.jpg
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