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The Nose Knows
Wilma: Pig noses tilt up, down, and side-to-side. Pig noses sniff and smell and snuffle. Pig noses lift straw and shift feed and move...
Jul 29


Pig Destiny
Wilma: With nuts and grains and plants and even frogs, North America gave lots of food to pigs. So a few American pigs turned into lots...
Jul 22


The American Pig Dream
Wilma: Colonists came across the Atlantic and brought European pigs along. Those pigs found nuts and plants in forests, and snails along...
Jul 15


Positive Pigs
Wilma: When the Spanish decided to explore the mainland, Caribbean pigs hopped aboard the ships to Florida. They’d had a run of bad luck...
Jul 8


The Columbian Compromise
Wilma: That Columbus, he did not give, he only took. In 1493, Columbus took pigs from the Canary Islands to Cuba and Jamaica. Pigs did...
Jul 1


The Plant Binary
Ack! A bug! But perhaps a "good" one? Piled with years of decaying refuse, its thin soil scraped away and overgrazed, the Patch was in a...
Jun 15


Get Small
Small and very local bees... I am mad, but I don’t want to get even. Instead, I want out – out of a culture where everyone seems...
Jun 1


Henry the Hen-Pecked
Greetings. Â You were planning on obtaining the services of an assistant barn cat, correct? I have been faithfully persisting in my Patch...
May 29


Too Many Beards, Not Enough Dancing
Jorge the Boar likes pig celebrations, especially ones that include apples. Wilma: Pigs went to Newfoundland, to stay with Norse folks...
May 27
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