Daily Archives: January 20, 2013

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Hunt, Cook, Eat (and a recipe for Wild Boar)

We found their guilty hoof prints where they were digging in the vineyard during the night.  Denis saw a culprit in September, lollygagging on a compost pile in the middle of the day.  Last summer we came upon one in siesta, splayed out on a cool pile of mud in the woods.  Normally the wild boar only venture out in the dark.  But as they grow numerous they get comfy, and when they travel in packs the havoc they wreak is considerable – to young trees and especially to young vines. Almost makes you long for the days of the […]