by Mark & Jill Baker | Apr 20, 2013 | Green
The sun is out this afternoon! Yeah! Tomorrow is predicted to be sunny, warm, and not too breezy. We’ve been just maintaining on the farm. Planning for spring, looking forward to it, but not able to do too much. Basically, it’s muddy here. The rain is...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Apr 10, 2013 | Green
I got a question on facebook a week or so ago: how do you avoid that green edge on a hard boiled egg yolk? That green ring is the result of a chemical interaction between the sulfur in the egg white and the iron in the egg yolk. The reaction occurs when the egg is...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Apr 7, 2013 | Green
Mark presents a math lesson for us. We realize he went ultra conservative and didn’t add some numbers back in. Just imagine if he did!...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Mar 28, 2013 | Green
I haven’t updated on the legal situation in a while. Mostly things have been quiet, waiting to get court dates. We still have pigs, though because of financial constraints and the market outlook we culled half our sows in December. Things have been quietly...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Mar 28, 2013 | Green
The chickens are in full production mode right now. Our twenty or so hens are laying about 20+ eggs a day, and I know the Araucanas are not pulling their weight. Chickens are a great place to start with livestock. They are easy to acquire, easy to keep, and are...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Mar 24, 2013 | Green
We’ve had a great weekend at the Weston A. Price Foundation Regional Conference. We eat our own food and have worked (yes, it is that sometimes) to eat a healthy diet for years. Last Novemeber at the national conference we learned things about food and eating...
