So very proud....

To the farm this evening, late and guilty, feeding the animals in the dark (again), to be greeted by the farmer calling out 'congratulations!'. Fatty (sow no. 1) has given birth to eleven piglets. We (the children and I) tip-toed over to her shelter, to see eleven wriggling little bodies suckling at her enormous belly. And there was me thinking she was just overweight. On the contrary, she did all that work on her own, piglet after piglet with no help at all. She really is the MOST marvellous pig. Pictures first thing tomorrow but safe to say they are too cute (...tiny, frail) to mention.