Saturday, August 22, 2020

The Piggyfriends are back with L is for Lettuce.





Hello Readers! Picchu Piggyfriend here. We are sorry that we have been unable to post anything for a while but Slave's camera broke down. The lens cover would not open and, due to the nasty virus that is chasing after humans in the outside world, all the non-essential shops have been closed since March. Luckily for us, that did not include food shops and we have been amply supplied with veggies.

Slave was unable to take her camera to the repair shop. Now some shops have been allowed to reopen and we are in business again. We are starting up our Piggy A-Z again with L is for Lettuce.

You may remember our lettuce seedlings growing in our conservatory earlier in the year. Now they are growing outside and you can see some of them here.




Our garden suffers from rabbits, who sneak in and eat Slave's produce so she is growing our lettuces in boxes on shelves that are out of reach of nasty thieves.




These lettuces are called Salad Bowl and Slave can pick some leaves every day for us and new leaves grow in their place. What a good idea.

Our parsley, that you saw in our earlier post, is thriving outside in big pots and continues to keep us in tasty treats.

Tuesday, August 18, 2020

Piggy Talk


Humans are reaching out to their pets for conversation during quarantine.
Karlijn Koning of the Netherlands, a 28-year-old caretaker of service
dogs, started training her dogs and guinea pigs with communication
buttons, and she says the piggies already know how to press the "snoepje"
button to ask for a treat.
Enjoy these pix of piggy and dog with their talking buttons! This article
appeared in the Wall Street Journal.

--Mary Fran
Alas, toujours sans piggy