[Gpdd] CARE - Outdoor pen?

[Janna Hoskin]

Summer has finally begun, and today was a gorgeous (if a little windy) day.
I know my piglets are quite happy to spend their days indoors, but I would
like to be able to take them outside on extra-nice days to nibble grass and
get some fresh air. I would stay outside with them and read a book (I have a
lot of library books and the pile seems to get larger every week, even
though I do return some every time I go).

However, I am well aware of the many dangers that could befall a piggy out
in the wild, so I thought I would come and ask the other slaves (and any
pigs who have experience with this sort of thing) for their advice!

I would like to build them a pen that would keep them safe from birds, cats,
and dogs. I would also want to make sure there was a shelter, both for shade
and in case it started to rain suddenly. I suppose I would need to provide
water for them to drink, as well. Our mower is an electric mower - the kind
that plugs in - so is that okay for them to eat the grass and the grass
clippings, or not?

Ooooh, and while I'm on the topic of what they can eat, we have a garden and
will need to begin weeding it in a week or two (you still can't tell the
veggies from the weeds right now). How do I know which weeds are safe for
them? I don't want to poison my piglets!

-- 
-Janna, Isabella and Guido, and Roy the girl cat. (She made me remind
everyone she's a female.)

"Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be
normal." Albert Camus
"I want to remake the world; anything less is not worth the trouble." Karen
Cushman