Late Summer Postcards from the Farm August 25, 2017 Mary Brower Dill and red-leaf lettuce. Phil working hard on the extension to our barn. Not everbody knows this, but pigs raised on pasture really do eat grass. Here's how some of our heritage-breed hogs enjoy the weekend--with brunch! www.bluestemfarm.net. Carrot harvest brigade. This spring, Aaron sowed a cover crop of rye in a part of the garden he's resting, or leaving fallow. Now the chickens are taking a turn on the same spot of land, fertilizing the soil with their manure and cleaning up the rye. More about us at www.bluestemfarm.net. Piglets playing.