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Welcome... HAPPY HARVESTING! I’m feeling slightly smug at the moment, but in a good way. Having a couple of freezers  lled to the gunwales with sausages and pork joints is really satisfying; it chimes with the hunter-gatherer within me! Rather like stacking and covering a load of chopped logs, bringing in the annual ‘pork harvest’ as the weather starts to turn and the evenings draw-in, makes the onset of winter much easier to bear. We’ve just completed our second season with pigs, and I’m happy to report that things proceeded just as smoothly this time as last. As you’ll see in the project summary which starts on page 18, we didn’t  nd this year’s animals quite as engaging as the Large Blacks we had before. Nevertheless, the time we spent with our British Saddleback trio paid dividends on so many levels. Now, of course, our thoughts are turning to next spring, and whether or not to switch breed for a third time. There’s a groundswell developing within the family in favour of the Berkshire, but it’s early days yet…