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08/27/2025

It’s getting cooler. Now is the perfect time for backyard campfires or hang out in a he evening around the fire pit. We have backyard bundles perfect for that. We also have cords and half cords of mixed hardwood for sale . Split , stacked and ready to use.

08/12/2025

I completely believe this.

Pigs may not top most people’s list of brainy animals, but science says they should. New research from Emory University ranks pigs as the fifth most intelligent animals on the planet, surpassing not only dogs but also many young children in cognitive abilities.

In various experiments, pigs demonstrated impressive long-term memory, spatial navigation skills, object recognition, and problem-solving abilities. In one striking example, piglets quickly understood the concept of mirror reflections a skill that takes human toddlers years to grasp.

Beyond raw intelligence, studies show pigs experience a wide range of emotions and display signs of empathy, revealing a depth of emotional intelligence rarely acknowledged in livestock animals.

According to researchers, these findings align pigs with some of the smartest non-human species, like chimpanzees and dolphins. As science continues to explore animal cognition, pigs are finally receiving overdue recognition as one of the most sophisticated and socially complex creatures in the animal kingdom.

07/30/2025

The Hardest Part of Rescue Isn’t the Animals — It’s People.

Rescue changes you. It has to. You can’t see what we see, hear what we hear, and not be fundamentally changed.

We live in a world where animals are treated like possessions discarded when they no longer fit a lifestyle, no longer entertain, no longer produce. Like a pair of old shoes.

The calls, the messages, the emails, they pour in daily. And the reasons are all too familiar & very much the same.
Rarely is it a true emergency. Rarely is it heartbreak.
Most often, it’s convenience.
It’s entitlement.
It’s indifference.

“We don’t want the inconvenience of a rooster as he doesn’t give us what we expected.” “We bought chicks & one turned out to be a rooster & it’s not what we want or need.”
“My pigs are not small anymore, and getting out, can you take them?” “My pigs reproduced, they need to go somewhere.”
“Our goats don’t fit our life anymore, we’re too busy now.” “We are moving in a few days & need placement for our animals today.” “Can you come right now & pick up our peacocks because they like to roam.” “We rescued this bunny from a bad situation, but really don’t have time for it.”
“We hatched chicks because I enjoy the experience of it, but now they need a home.”
“Our horse is lonely, and it makes us feel guilty, so we want him gone.”

People say these things out loud, without shame. They tell us, without flinching, how little these animals mean to them once they stop being cute, useful, or profitable.

This is what breaks us.
Not the long hours.
Not the heartbreak of saying goodbye.
Not the sleepless nights with the sick, injured, and dying.

It’s people.
People who don’t see animals as living beings with emotions, bonds, and worth.
People who expect someone else to fix their mistakes.
People who turn their backs and call it “rehoming.”

We wish this wasn’t the reality.
We wish we could soften it.
But this is the truth.
And it’s why sanctuaries and rescuers are always full, always struggling, and always begging for support.

Because while many abandon them,
we are the ones left to pick up the pieces & to love them back to life.