by Mark & Jill Baker | Mar 1, 2009 | Chickens, Green Acres
Well, as of this week the brooder is in operation again. This week we started 100 layer hen Auracana, barred rock, and assorted heritage cock chicks in the brooder tank. replacements and 25 heritage breed cocks. Baker’s Green Acres is always looking for...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Feb 27, 2009 | Green
Organ meat is a tasty superfood. This past week we enjoyed one of our favorite dinners: fried chicken hearts, green beans and carrots stored from our garden, homemade multigrain bread. The kids were dissappointed when the hearts were all gone. The next noon we had a...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Feb 27, 2009 | Green
The kids got a fun movie from the library last time: Ratatoiulle. As Mark watched it, he said, “Hey! That’s exactly like the kitchen at the HerbFarm!” (Minus the rats, of course.) He appreciated his time there with Chef Keith Luce. He’s...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Feb 22, 2009 | Green
I read a few blogs today–now that I write one, I’m discovering how much fun they are to read! Chef Eric Patterson had written about 33 happy moments. It struck me that several of the 11 he’d posted were times when he’d taken the time to...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Feb 19, 2009 | Farm to Fork, Green, Green Acres, Organic Farming, Organic Politics
We have a bit of a running joke here: Mark is either networking or farming, depending on who he’s spent the last hour talking to. Last night we got to do both at the same time. The USDA and Michigan Land Use Institute put on the last in a series of meetings...
