by Mark & Jill Baker | Dec 23, 2020 | Charcuterie, Education, Green, Hog Harvest, Learn how to butcher, Mangalitsa
Homestead Hog Harvest isn’t just a class. It’s an experience. “Never underestimate the power of a bloody handshake.” –a former class member The class always starts with people wearing name tags standing in a circle around Mark, looking...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Jul 9, 2020 | Education, Green, Homesteading, Organic Farming, Team Work
The bottom line of your homestead farm’s economics. Are you all about a good environment for the kids? Making some money? Having good food to eat? Helping your local community? All of the above are possible and important. The economics of a homestead is about...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Jun 4, 2020 | Green, Home Schooling, Homesteading, Organic Farming, Team Work
Farming on a small farm is a family affair, which makes a homestead a great homeschool tool. Everybody participates to the best of their ability. It’s surprising, too, how much ability kids can have! One of the things that has kept us going all these years has...
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...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Jun 18, 2019 | Green
“Do you like doing this job?” Someone asked me this once about chicken processing as I was loading her processed chickens into her car. That question often comes back as I’m heading into the shop on Friday morning. Friday is the day we process...
