by Mark & Jill Baker | May 19, 2010 | Green
THEY’RE OUT!! We have a clearspan full of baby birds, but the tractors are filling up. The rainy, windy weather was a challenge, but Mark shifted wind blocks around as the wind changed and the birds did OK. We’ve actually been able to harvest some from...
by Mark & Jill Baker | May 3, 2010 | Green
“Many hand make light work.” So said my wise and very experienced Grandmother. We’ve found that not only do many hand make light work–it’s a lot more fun, too. Here’s some of our projects: This weekend we trekked north of...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Apr 19, 2010 | Green
What a sight. The first batch of chickens out on pasture. These guys are almost grown, but they’ll spend the last week or two weeks on the fresh, green grass. Jim loved standing outside to watch them, though he wasn’t too sure about the grass on his...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Apr 3, 2010 | Green
Meet the new additions: We now have Mangalitsa breeding stock. These are blond Mangalitsas. The feeder pigs are swallow-bellied Mangalitsas. The little pigs are about 4 months old, so they have some growing to do. The front one is so classically wooly that...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Mar 13, 2010 | Green
We’ve been offered a great opportunity. “We can use xxx birds a week.” The number is three times as many as we’ve really finished per week before. Wow. “Can we get a better price?” Again, wow. That’s set off quite a lot...
