by Mark & Jill Baker | Jul 18, 2012 | Green
We had two pieces of news come across the cloud wires this week that were of note for small farmers, for hunters, and for citizens who care what the government thinks. This first one gives you an idea of where the DNR folks are getting their information. Officials...
by Bakers | Jul 11, 2012 | Green, Green Acres
“Back in the Revolutionary War days, when this country was founded; every farm had to be Red Meated pigs. What we’re talking about here, how the State of Michigan is making it illegal to own pigs that every farm in this country had up until refrigeration...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Jul 5, 2012 | Green
I was just informed it is 100 degrees on our thermometer. Mark “rained” the chickens today to try to keep them cool. The heat is hard on them when there is no breeze. Even the ground is hot. The big pigs are finding cool dirt along the barn. They could...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Jun 19, 2012 | Green
In my homeschool wanderings, I recently picked up some books by Richard Maybury. He proposes two basic principles upon which all religions and cultures agree. These are the two principles of common law upon which our Founding fathers based our country’s foundations:...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Jun 15, 2012 | Butchering, Chickens, Education, Green, Learn how to butcher
Remember the mantra from the movie, Ratatouille? “Anyone can cook!” Around here, we say “Anyone can farm!” That’s the premise for Mark’s Anyone Can Farm videos on hog butchering and raising chickens. One of the best ways to have...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Jun 10, 2012 | Green
There are those who say that we are making a mountain out of a molehill about the DNR’s Declatory Ruling. They say the Boar pigs are not that big a deal, we should just switch our cross breeding to a different heritage breed and move on. They say the...
