by Mark & Jill Baker | Mar 10, 2020 | Chickens, Free Range Chicken, Non-GMO Pasture Raised Chicken, Organic Chicken, Organic Farming, Pasture Raised Chicken
The snow is melting. The sun is shining. The kids are shedding their snowpants and coats. Spring! That makes me think about Chickens. Also, my chicken corner in the freezer is almost empty, so that makes me think about spring and chickens, too. This week I’ve...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Feb 25, 2020 | Education, Organic Farming, Virtual Farmer
Books are a homestead farmer’s best friend. Right up there with YouTube and Google. And older farmers. On our LIVE YOUTUBE Q&A programs, we’ve been asked what books we use as resources and reference. There’s a whole list right here: Homestead...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Feb 20, 2020 | Education, Farm to Fork, Hog Harvest, Homesteading, Homesteading Classes, Learn how to butcher, Mangalitsa, Organic Farming, Pasture Mangalitsa, Team Work
This is our project this weekend: teaching a valuable homesteading skill. Appreciating your food and knowing that it was raised, harvested, and prepared with care from field to plate is part of a healthy lifestyle. Your food is your nourishment and an investment you...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Feb 7, 2020 | Green
Setting good fence posts is the foundation of a good fence. We’ve chased our share of pigs. And cows. And goats. And sheep. It’s not an experience we look forward to. It makes for a good “Farmfit” exercise. And lots of...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Jul 31, 2019 | Green
Every year is a new adventure on the farm. Every summer brings it’s own challenges and joys. What’s up this summer? We’re still raising our chickens out on pasture in mobile chicken tractor pens and giving them GMO free feed along with the grass...
