Do you have a backyard? Do you do anything with it besides maintain a lawn? Home-gardening is increasing. It is rewarding to grow your own food. Have you ever thought about growing something that moves?
A young guy and his mom visited me yesterday. They live near Madison on a small acreage. They are interested in starting pig production. I envy them for how much fun they are about to have. There is nothing quite like beginning animal husbandry.
They plan to buy three feeder pigs in May and butcher them in November. They will be backyard pig-raising experts by December.
The increased level of serotonin in their brains from this accelerated learning and human-animal interaction will cause them to remember 2009 as a great year. The year of the PIG.
I am excited by anyone willing to grow their own food. There is a back-to-the-land movement. Sometimes it’s happening inside city limits. Madison passed an ordinance allowing people to keep a backyard flock of chickens. The people responsible for this even have their own organization, “Mad City Chickens.”
Are you expanding your backyard food production? Is 2009 the year you start?
Curiousfarmer 
I am going to expand my backyard garden this year. I am actually increasing my compost production now to support it. I am going to grow more veges and fruit this year and I am going to add a few raised beds. You can check out my easy composting at http://backtobasics-talia.com